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Merlin
Falco columbarius   Linnaeus, 1758
 

Distribution: Holarctic. Winters to N S.America, India, Mediterranean region.  (Map)

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References:
James F. Clements. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition, Cornell University Press (June 7, 2007)


Taxonomy
Red list  - Least Concern   [INFO]
Kingdom Animalia
Animals
Phylum Chordata
Chordates
Class Aves
Birds
Order Falconiformes
Hawks, Eagles, Falcons
Family Falconidae
Falcons and Caracaras
Genus Falco
Species columbarius
Merlin
Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies/hybrids/varieties
Subspecies
subaesalon
Iceland
aesalon
N Eurasia (Faeroes to central Siberia); winters to N Africa
insignis
Siberia (Yenisey River to Kolyma River)
pacificus
NE Asia and Sakhalin
pallidus
Steppes of Asia (Aral Sea to Altai Mountains)
lymani
Mountains of central Asia
suckleyi
Alaska and British Columbia to n Washington
columbarius
North America (except for Pacific coast and Great Plains)
richardsoni
Great Plains of North America (central Alberta to Wyoming)

Taxon names
  Swedish Stenfalk
  German Merlin
  Danish Dværgfalk
  Spanish Esmerejón
  Estonian Väikepistrik
  Estonian Väikepistrik
  Faroese Smyril
  Finnish Ampuhaukka
  French Faucon émerillon
  Hungarian Kis sólyom
  Icelandic Smyrill
  Italian Smeriglio
  Japanese Kochougembou
  Latvian Purva piekūns
  Dutch Smelleken
  Norwegian Dvergfalk
  Polish Drzemlik
  Portuguese Esmerilhão
  Sámi Cizašfálli
  Welsh Cudyll Bach


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