Merlin / Falco columbarius
| Merlin bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Stone Falcon, Pigeon Hawk |
| Old latin name for bird | Falco lithofalco, Falco colombarius |
| Order | Falcons / Falconiformes |
| Family | Caracaras, Falcons / Falconidae |
| Genus | Falco |
| Breeding region | Eurasia, North America |
| Breeding subregion | widespread |
| Non breeding region | n OR, n LA |
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Related species
Reunion Kestrel
Black Falcon
Grey Falcon
Laggar Falcon
Rock Kestrel
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Mauritius Kestrel
Grey Kestrel
Where to see Merlin
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malta
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Yemen
- Åland Islands
Merlin subspecies (9)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falco columbarius aesalon | Europe to nw Siberia | to n Africa | No |
| Falco columbarius columbarius | Alaska to Newfoundland to n USA | to n South America | No |
| Falco columbarius insignis | nc Siberia | ne Africa and s, e Asia | No |
| Falco columbarius lymani | mountains of ec Asia | - | No |
| Falco columbarius pacificus | ne Asia | Japan and e China | No |
| Falco columbarius pallidus | steppes of wc Asia | - | No |
| Falco columbarius richardsonii | c, sc Canada to nc USA | to n Mexico | No |
| Falco columbarius subaesalon | Iceland | w Europe | No |
| Falco columbarius suckleyi | se Alaska to n Washington (USA) | - | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Merlyn |
| Albanian | Skifteri i vogël |
| Arabic | اليؤيؤ أسود الذيل شويهين, يؤيؤ, اليؤيؤ, الشاهين الصغير, اليؤيؤ أسود الذيل |
| Armenian | Աղավնաբազե, [Aghavnabaze ] |
| Azerbaijani | ördəktutan qızılquş, Ördəktutan, Sərçəçalan qızılquş, Derbnik |
| Bashkir | яғалбай, яғылбай, яғал ҡош |
| Basque | Esmerla, Belatz txiki, Belatz txikia |
| Belarusian | Сокал-дрымлюк, Cокал-дрымлюк |
| Bengali | ভাচরিন |
| Breton | Ar falc'hun moan, Falc'hun moan |
| Bulgarian | Сокол чучулигар, Малък сокол |
| Catalan | Falconet, esmerla |
| Chinese | 灰背隼, [hui-bei zhun], [hui-bei sun] |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 灰背隼 |
| Chuvash | кăвакарчăн кăйкăр, дербник |
| Cornish | Falghun meyn |
| Croatian | mali sokol, Soko kraguljčić |
| Czech | døemlík tundrový, dřemlík tundrový, Dremlík tundrový |
| Danish | Dværgfalk |
| Dutch | Smelleken |
| Esperanto | Kolombofalko, Kolombfalko |
| Estonian | väikepistrik |
| Faroese | Smiril, Smyril |
| Finnish | ampuhaukka |
| French | Faucon émerillon, Faucon kobez |
| Frisian | Stienfalk |
| Galician | Falcón esmerillón, Falcón pequeno, Esmerla, Esmerillón |
| Georgian | ალალი |
| German | Merlin, Zwergfalke |
| Greek | Νανοφάλκονο, Νανογέρακο, Ναvoγέρακo |
| Hebrew | בז גמד, בז גמדי |
| Hungarian | kis sólyom |
| Icelandic | Smyrill |
| Irish | Meirliún |
| Italian | Smeriglio |
| Japanese | コチョウゲンボウ |
| Kazakh | Тұрымтай, Жағалтай |
| Korean | 쇠황조롱이 |
| Latvian | purva piekūns, Purva vanadziņš |
| Lithuanian | Startsakalis, paprastasis startsakalis, Startsakalas |
| Luxembourgish | Merlin, Merlin |
| Macedonian | мал сокол, Мал сокол |
| Maltese | Seqer ta' Denbu |
| Manx | Shawk veg |
| Mongolian | улаан хөлт начин, Хайргууна шонхор, Хайргана шонхор, амарын турамтай шонхор, улаан хөлт хүйхнэг, амарын шонхор |
| Nepali | सानो बाज |
| Northern Sami | Cizášfálli, Cizašfálli |
| Norwegian | Dvergfalk, dvergfalk, Dverfalk, Steinfalk |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Dvergfalk |
| Persian | ترمتای معمولی, تُرُمتای, ترم تای معمولی |
| Polish | drzemlik |
| Portuguese | esmerilhão |
| Romanian | Șoim de iarnă, Şoim de iarnă |
| Romansh | Falcun merlin |
| Russian | Derbnik, Дербник |
| Serbian | soko, Mali soko, Мали соко |
| Slovak | sokol kobec, sokol kobe |
| Slovenian | mali sokol |
| Spanish | Halcón Migratorio, Halcón Esmerejón, Falcón Migratorio, Esmerejón, Esmejerón, Emerillon, Esmerejon, Halconcito de Palomas, Halconcito, Halcón palomero |
| Swedish | stenfalk |
| Tatar | дербник , ягылбай, лачын |
| Thai | เหยี่ยวเมอร์ลิน |
| Turkish | Boz Doşan, Boz Doğan, Тұрымтай, Güvercin Doğanı |
| Turkmen | kepderiçi laçyn |
| Ukrainian | Малий підсоколик, підсоколик малий, Дербник |
| Uzbek | турунбой, дербник, қирғий-каптар овлайдиган, турумтой |
| Vietnamese | Chim Cắt lưng xám, Cắt lưng xám |
| Welsh | Bod glas, Cudyll glas bach, Gwalch bach, Cudyll bach, Corwalch, Corgwalch, Gwalch y grug |