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    The merlin (Falco columbarius) is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere, with numerous subspecies throughout North America and Eurasia...
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    Falcon (redirect from Falco (genus))
    of his Systema Naturae. The type species is the merlin (Falco columbarius). The genus name Falco is Late Latin meaning a "falcon" from falx, falcis, meaning...
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    falcon and the lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) Perlin, a hybrid of the peregrine falcon and the merlin (Falco columbarius) Contra Helbig et al. 1994, Wink...
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    adult American kestrels (Falco sparverius) and merlins (Falco columbarius) and presumed nestlings of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus). When hunting...
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    altitudinally to escape the cold higher ground. Other species such as merlin Falco columbarius and Eurasian skylark Alauda arvensis move further, to the coast or...
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    O. (1923). Berajah, Zoografia infinita. Die Realgattung Habicht, Falco columbarius (KL). Gebauer-Schwetschke, Halle, Germany. Wattel, Jan (1973). "Geographical...
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    goshawks. Adult falcons of small species such as kestrels and merlins (Falco columbarius) can be overpowered quite easily if they can manage to surprise the...
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    (or groups of closely related (sub)species), such as the merlin (Falco columbarius). The taxonomy of Carl Linnaeus grouped birds (class Aves) into orders...
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    lives, including all three North American Accipiter species, merlins (Falco columbarius), and owls, including eastern screech owls (Megascops asio), barred...
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    spot-winged falconet and the caracaras; and Falconinae, the falcons and kestrels (Falco) and falconets (Microhierax). Falcons and caracaras are small to medium-sized...
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    anti-predation behaviours of skylark (Alauda arvensis) on attack by merlins (Falco columbarius)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 34 (3): 217–223. doi:10.1007/BF00167747...
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    gentilis), broad-winged hawks (Buteo platypterus), merlins (Falco columbarius), peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), eastern screech-owls (Megascops asio), great...
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    causes. Cooper's hawk are also counted as a predator of merlins (Falco columbarius). The only confirmed accipitrid that Cooper's hawk have been known...
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  • Thumbnail for Rolls-Royce Merlin
    the engine the Merlin after a small, Northern Hemisphere falcon (Falco columbarius). Two more Rolls-Royce engines developed just prior to the war were...
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    (Numenius arquata), little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), merlin (Falco columbarius) and short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus). Animals other than...
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  • falcon, Falco columbarius (uncommon) Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus (uncommon) Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus (rare) Common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus...
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    Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus), American kestrels (Falco sparverius), merlins (Falco columbarius), prairie falcons and gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus)....
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  • Thumbnail for List of birds of New Brunswick
    kestrel, Falco tinnunculus (A) American kestrel, Falco sparverius (B) Merlin, Falco columbarius (B) Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus...
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  • kestrel, Falco naumanni (A) Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus Amur falcon, Falco amurensis (A) Merlin, Falco columbarius Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo...
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  • Thumbnail for List of birds of Iceland
    kestrel, Falco tinnunculus (A) Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus (A) Merlin, Falco columbarius Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo (A) Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus...
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    adults are likely to be urban-living peregrine falcons or merlins (Falco columbarius). Common mynas (Acridotheres tristis) sometimes evict eggs, nestlings...
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  • Thumbnail for Wildlife of Ladakh
    kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) Merlin (Falco columbarius) Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) Saker falcon (Falco cherrug) Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)...
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  • Thumbnail for List of birds of Russia
    kestrel, Falco naumanni Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus Amur falcon, Falco amurensis Merlin, Falco columbarius Eurasian...
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  • Thumbnail for Eastern imperial eagle
    hobby (Falco subbuteo), common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni), merlin (Falco columbarius), red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus)...
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  • Thumbnail for List of birds of Brazil
    Falco tinnunculus (V) American kestrel, Falco sparverius Merlin, Falco columbarius (V) Bat falcon, Falco rufigularis Orange-breasted falcon, Falco deiroleucus...
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  • Thumbnail for List of birds of the Faroe Islands
    kestrel, Falco naumanni (A) Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus Amur falcon, Falco amurensis (A) Merlin (smyril), Falco columbarius Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo...
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  • (Falco cherrug) Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) Hobby (Falco subbuteo) Merlin (Falco columbarius) Order: Falconiformes   Family: Pandionidae Osprey (Pandion...
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    Falco columbarius LC Orange-breasted falcon, Falco deiroleucus NT Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus LC (ssp. peregrinus: E) Prairie falcon, Falco mexicanus...
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    raptors, such as the hen harrier (Circus cyaneus), merlin (Falco columbarius), and peregrine (Falco peregrinus) (about 14–18 breeding pairs of each species...
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    (V) Amur falcon Falco amurensis Merlin Falco columbarius Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo Oriental hobby Falco severus Laggar falcon Falco jugger Near threatened...
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