Sooty Falcon Falco concolor Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (39)
- Monotypic
Jaume Orta, Guy M. Kirwan, Peter F. D. Boesman, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 10, 2018
Text last updated January 10, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Roetvalk |
| Arabic | صقر الغروب |
| Bulgarian | Тъмен сокол |
| Catalan | falcó fumat |
| Croatian | mrki sokol |
| Czech | ostříž arabský |
| Danish | Sodfalk |
| Dutch | Woestijnvalk |
| English | Sooty Falcon |
| English (AVI) | Sooty Falcon |
| English (United States) | Sooty Falcon |
| Estonian | nõgipistrik |
| Finnish | nokihaukka |
| French | Faucon concolore |
| French (Canada) | Faucon concolore |
| German | Schieferfalke |
| Greek | Σταχτογέρακο |
| Hebrew | בז שחור |
| Hungarian | Hamvas sólyom |
| Icelandic | Skuggafálki |
| Italian | Falco unicolore |
| Japanese | ウスズミハヤブサ |
| Latvian | Tumšais piekūns |
| Lithuanian | Pilkšvasis sakalas |
| Norwegian | sotfalk |
| Persian | شاهین دودی |
| Polish | sokół śniady |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Falcão-cinzento |
| Romanian | Șoim sur |
| Russian | Серебристый чеглок |
| Serbian | Čađavi soko |
| Slovak | sokol bridlicový |
| Slovenian | Sajasti sokol |
| Spanish | Halcón Pizarroso |
| Spanish (Spain) | Halcón pizarroso |
| Swedish | sotfalk |
| Turkish | Gri Doğan |
| Ukrainian | Підсоколик сірий |
| Zulu | uklebompunga |
Falco concolor Temminck, 1825
PROTONYM:
Falco concolor
Temminck, 1825. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.56, pl.330,text.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal, etc.; restricted to Barqan Island, Gulf of Aqaba, by Vaurie, 1965, Birds Pal. Fauna, Non-Passeriformes, p. 227.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- FALCO
- falco
- concolor
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Introduction
Subspecies
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Sooty Falcon
