Caracaras, Falcons

Merlin

Falco columbarius

The Merlin (Falco columbarius) is an 188 g woodland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Caracaras, Falcons

Order

Falconiformes

Weight

188 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

79

Recorded in United States, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Mexico, Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Colombia, Iceland, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Estonia, Germany, Costa Rica, Ireland, Belize, Italy, Russia, Bahamas, Portugal, BM, Panama, Isle of Man, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Israel, KY, Dominican Rep., Venezuela, Greece, Honduras, Poland, China, Azerbaijan, Jamaica, Ukraine, Japan, GP, India, Curaçao, Bulgaria, Iran, Guatemala, Czechia, BQ, Georgia, Republic of Korea, Hungary, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Austria, AW, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Mongolia, VI, Switzerland, Faeroe Islands, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Dominica, TC, Lithuania, Romania, Kyrgyzstan, Croatia, Antigua and Barb., Serbia, Slovakia, Haiti, Åland, St. Vin. and Gren., Uzbekistan, Belarus, Latvia.

Where to see it: Savanne Paille/at the house (Dominica); Morne Diablotin NP · Morne Diablotin trail (Dominica); Potworks Dam (Antigua and Barbuda); Josiah's Bay (British Virgin Islands); Vallée des 7 étangs (Saint Pierre and Miquelon).

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