Falco columbarius Linnaeus 1758 (merlin)

Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae

Alternative combination: Falco (Tinnunculus) columbarius

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Falco according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Bedetti and Pavia 2007, Broughton 2004, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Linnaeus 1758, Miller and DeMay 1942, Morgan 1994, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Falco (Cerchneis), Falco (Hierofalco), Falco (Rhynchodon), Falco alopex, Falco altaicus, Falco amurensis, Falco ardosiaceus, Falco bakalovi, Falco berigora, Falco biarmicus, Falco cenchroides, Falco cherrug, Falco concolor, Falco cuvierii, Falco deiroleucus, Falco duboisi, Falco eleonorae, Falco falconellus, Falco fasciinucha, Falco femoralis, Falco fuscocaerulescens, Falco hypoleucos, Falco jugger, Falco longipennis, Falco medius, Falco melanaetus, Falco mexicanus, Falco naumanni, Falco newtoni, Falco novaeseelandiae, Falco oregonus, Falco peregrinus, Falco punctatus, Falco readi, Falco rufigularis, Falco rupicoloides, Falco rusticolus, Falco severus, Falco sparverius, Falco subbuteo, Falco subniger, Falco tinnunculus, Falco vespertinus

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (1 collection), Italy (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: California, Florida, Wyoming)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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