Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Falconiformes > Family Falconidae > Genus Falco

Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Falco*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: skifteri i vogël sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): dvergfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Малък сокол sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: dværgfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: smelleken sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: merlin; pigeon hawk sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Merlin sources: Charles Hussey

French: faucon émerillon sources: Avibase - the world bird database

Gaelic: meirliún sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Meirliún

German: Merlin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Νανογέρακο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Meirliún sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): בז גמד sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: smeriglio sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: startsakalis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: dvergfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: dvergfalk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 90

Norwegian Nynorsk: dvergfalk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 90

Nynorsk (Norwegian): dvergfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: drzemlik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: şoim de iarnă; sşoim de iarnă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: дербник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: meirliún sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: mali sokol sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: esmerejón sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: stenfalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: boz dogan; boz doğan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: дербник; Підсоколик малий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: cudyll bach

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (31 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (826 publications)
Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159152

Drs Cees Roselaar. Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96741