Falco concolor

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Sooty Falcon in flight © Waheed Al Fazari, Wildlife Researcher and Photographer, Oman

Of Knowledge and Conservation: Finalizing a Plan to Conserve the Vulnerable Sooty Falcon

The Coordinating Unit of the Raptors MOU moves towards the finalization of an International Single Species Action Plan for Sooty Falcon

13 Oct 2022

Sooty Falcon (adult) at nest. Copyright by INTEWO | World Habitat Society GmbH.

Sooty Falcon (adult) at nest. Copyright by INTEWO | World Habitat Society GmbH.

Sooty Falcon Film Screening to Celebrate WMBD 2018

An award-winning documentary entitled The Migrant - Sooty Falcons in Oman was screened last evening at the Manarat Al Saadiyat cultural centre in Abu Dhabi to mark World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2018. Produced by an Omani-German team, the film documents efforts to study and conserve this long-range migratory bird.

10 Oct 2018

Libya Becomes 46th Signatory to the Raptors MOU.

Libya Becomes 46th Signatory to the Raptors MOU. Photograph courtesy of Francisco Rilla, UNEP/CMS.

Libya Becomes the 46th Signatory to the Raptors MOU

Libya signed the CMS Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MOU) at a ceremony organized during a Coordination Meeting on Bird Netting in Egypt in Libya held in Bonn, Germany.

29 Nov 2013

Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor) © Nick P. Williams

Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor) © Nick P. Williams

Experts Join Forces to Protect the Sooty Falcon

The Coordinating Unit of the Raptors MOU, in close collaboration with Range States, specialist ornithologists and other interested parties, is leading the development of an International Single Species Action Plan (ISSAP) for the Sooty Falcon.

11 Mar 2013

The International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds and Prey signed the Raptors MoU in December 2011.

The International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds and Prey signed the Raptors MoU in December 2011.

Raptors MoU – 100 days as Programme Officer

Programme Officer, Nick P. Williams, reports back on his first 100 days in office.

29 Feb 2012

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Assessment information
CMS Instruments	CMS, Birds of Prey (Raptors)
IUCN Status	Vulnerable
Date of entry in Appendix II	1979

Geographic range
Countries	Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, France, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia