- Falco concolor
Identification
Distribution
Africa and Asia: patchy and very scattered breeding range in south-east Libya and western Egypt, on the Red Sea coast of Egypt and southern Sinai, Jordan and small areas of southern Israel. Also breeds in parts of the Arabian Peninsula, the Makran coast of Pakistan, Sudan and Ethiopia.
Winters mainly in Madagascar and coastal East Africa and migrates overland through north-eastern Africa. Like the closely related Eleonora's Falcon this species is a late summer breeder, feeding the young on migrating passerines before departing the breeding areas in October-November. Returns to breeding areas in March-April. As a vagrant recorded on Malta (three records) and Cyprus, Turkey, Syria and Iran.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Breeds in stony deserts with rocky outcrops and cliffs and arid rocky islands. Winters in coastal areas with cliffs.
