Merlin / Falco columbarius
Merlin bird information | Values |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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 pequeno, Falcón esmerillón, Esmerla, Esmerillón |
Georgian | ალალი |
German | Zwergfalke, Merlin |
Greek | Ναvoγέρακo, Νανογέρακο, Νανοφάλκονο |
Hebrew | בז גמד, בז גמדי |
Hungarian | kis sólyom |
Icelandic | Smyrill |
Irish | Meirliún |
Italian | Smeriglio |
Japanese | コチョウゲンボウ |
Kazakh | Жағалтай, Тұрымтай |
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 | Хайргана шонхор, улаан хөлт хүйхнэг, Хайргууна шонхор, улаан хөлт начин, амарын турамтай шонхор, амарын шонхор |
Nepali | सानो बाज |
Northern Sami | Cizášfálli, Cizašfálli |
Norwegian | Dvergfalk, dvergfalk, Dverfalk, Steinfalk |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Dvergfalk |
Persian | ترم تای معمولی, ترمتای معمولی, تُرُمتای |
Polish | drzemlik |
Portuguese | esmerilhão |
Romanian | Șoim de iarnă, Şoim de iarnă |
Romansh | Falcun merlin |
Russian | Derbnik, Дербник |
Serbian | Мали соко, soko, Mali soko |
Slovak | sokol kobec, sokol kobe |
Slovenian | mali sokol |
Spanish | Halcón palomero, Halconcito, Halconcito de Palomas, Halcón Esmerejón, Falcón Migratorio, Esmejerón, Emerillon, Esmerejon, Esmerejón, Halcón Migratorio |
Swedish | stenfalk |
Tatar | дербник , ягылбай, лачын |
Thai | เหยี่ยวเมอร์ลิน |
Turkish | Boz Doğan, Тұрымтай, Güvercin Doğanı, Boz Doşan |
Turkmen | kepderiçi laçyn |
Ukrainian | Дербник, Малий підсоколик, підсоколик малий |
Uzbek | турунбой, дербник, қирғий-каптар овлайдиган, турумтой |
Vietnamese | Chim Cắt lưng xám, Cắt lưng xám |
Welsh | Cudyll glas bach, Bod glas, Gwalch y grug, Gwalch bach, Corgwalch, Cudyll bach, Corwalch |