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English Merlin
Scientific (Falco columbarius columbarius)
Order FALCONIFORMES
Family (Latin) Falconidae
Family (English) Caracaras, Falcons
Other name(s) Faucon émerillon
Breeding Regions NA, PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions n OR, n LA
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahamas,Belarus,Belgium, Belize,Bermuda,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Bulgaria,Canada,China,Colombia,Costa Rica, Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - mainland,Egypt,El Salvador,Estonia,Finland, France,French Guiana,Georgia,Germany,Gibraltar,Greece,Guatemala,Haiti,Honduras,Hungary, Iceland,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan, Laos,Latvia,Lebanon,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Malta,Mexico, Moldova,Mongolia,Montenegro,Montserrat,Morocco,Nepal,Netherlands,Netherlands Antilles,Nicaragua,North Korea, Norway,Pakistan,Palestine,Panama,Peru,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia,Saudi Arabia, Slovakia,Slovenia,South Korea,South Sudan,Spain,Sudan,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan, Tajikistan,Thailand,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Turks and Caicos Islands,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom, United States - Alaska,United States - mainland,Uzbekistan,Venezuela,Vietnam,Yemen,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
subaesalon Iceland
aesalon Europe to nw Siberia
insignis nc Siberia
pacificus ne Asia
pallidus steppes of wc Asia
lymani mountains of ec Asia
columbarius Alaska to Newfoundland to n USA
suckleyi se Alaska to n Washington (USA)
richardsonii c, sc Canada to nc USA
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Linnaeus, 1758
German Merlin
French Faucon émerillon
Chinese 灰背隼
Japanese コチョウゲンボウ
Russian Дербник
Spanish Esmerejón
Portuguese esmerilhão
Bird Data App text A small migratory falcon that is very slightly larger and less colorful than the [American Kestrel].
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)