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Merlin

(Falco columbarius)
Alternate name(s): (Many for different races)
German name(s): "Merlin"

Size: 24-33 cm; wing span 50-73 cm
Weight: 125-210 g (male), 190-300 g (female)

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Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Merlin at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "aesalon aesalon"

ADULT

MALE

Lateral view of an adult male Merlin (photo courtesy of A. Sarok)
[Near Novi Becej, Serbia, January 2014]

Near-dorsal view of a male Merlin (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sorraia River, Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, March 2019]

FEMALE

Lateral view of an adult female Merlin (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2016]

Near-dorsal view of a female Merlin (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Vila Franca de Xira, Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2020]

Near-dorsal view of a female Merlin with its tail fanned (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Vila Franca de Xira, Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2020]

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