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Sooty falcon

(Falco concolor)

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Description

The falcon sooty or hawk unicolore ( Falco concolor Temminck,1825 ) is a bird falconiforme the family of Falconidae.This medium-sized hawk nests in the area from north-eastern Africa to the southern region of the Persian Gulf.It belongs to the group of lodolai,a clade that gathers together several very similar species,often considered as a separate subgenus,Hypotriorchis.Some scholars believe that its closest relative is the queen's hawk,but although this species undoubtedly belongs to the same evolutionary lineage,it does not seem to be a sister species

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Falconiformes
Family:Falconidae
Genus:Falco
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