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White gyrfalcon perched on its block
Western breeders and equipment suppliers · Gulf buyers

In this market,the rare part isn't the bird.It's the provenance.

SaqrBridge documents every party and every document before the introduction, then keeps a timestamped record of what each side declared. Free to connect, paid to prove.

CITES · Appendices I and IIFalcon passport · MOCCAEAbu Dhabi Falcon HospitalDoha Falcon HospitalSaudi Falcons ClubAbu Dhabi Falconers' ClubIATA Live Animals Regulations

For half a century, gyrfalcons, sakers and peregrines have travelled from Europe and North America to Gulf falconries, with no shared registry, no shared verification, no shared language. A directory can be copied in a weekend. A lineage registry built up over generations can't.

75 000+
birds of prey imported into the UAE between 1975 and 2020, 40.8% of the legal global trade in raptors (CITES data)
1 103
falcons sold at the 2025 international Riyadh auction, from 67 farms across 23 countries
+23 %
growth in that auction's volume over one year
271 000 SAR
highest sale documented in our index to date
Sources: CITES Trade Database, IFBA Riyadh communications, Saudi Press Agency dispatches.
Method

Four layers of verification, none of them carried out by us

Each layer has a defined scope, a written limit, a signatory and someone who carries the responsibility. SaqrBridge organizes, timestamps and displays. It never validates in place of whoever holds legal responsibility for that step.

Identity and existence of the organizationLayer 0
Automated check: legibility, dates, consistency, CITES registryLayer 1
Confirmation by a firm directly with the issuing authorityLayer 2
Legal opinion from a lawyer, signed in their own nameLayer 3
Parentage established by laboratory DNA testingLayer 4

The sentence we can say

“This document exists, it's legible, it hasn't expired, it's consistent with the other pieces of the file, and this authority or this firm confirmed it on this date.”

The one we will never say

“This transaction is safe.” “This seller is trustworthy.” “This bird was captive-bred.”

Our limits are publicNo document check establishes a document's authenticity, a bird's captive origin, or a party's good faith. Read what we don't verify.
Hooded falcon
Transaction room

Twelve checkpoints, twelve people responsible, none of them us

A file brings together the bird's passport, the compliance checklist, the documents with their pre-check, translated messaging, and validity counters running live. One expired document sends everything back to the start, and that's invisible in a message thread.

CITES export · 6 monthsHealth tests · 30 daysClinical exam · 7 days
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Access

Every application is reviewed by our team

The qualification tools stay open to everyone. Publishing a listing, answering a buying request, registering a lineage or opening a file requires an approved account: organization identity, an identified principal, and for Appendix I, a breeding establishment registered with CITES. We state the processing time and the reason for every refusal.

Photographs · Wikimedia Commons: “Doha - Gyrfalcon at Falcon hospital” © P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · “Falke mit Kappe” © Tilo Hauke, CC BY-SA 3.0.