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Order
Falconiformes
Family
Falconidae
Genus
Falco
HBW Alive
Version  1.0
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Merlin Falco columbarius

Clayton M. White, Peter F. D. Boesman, Guy M. Kirwan, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2017

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Distribution of the Merlin - Range Map
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Distribution of the Merlin

Recommended Citation

White, C. M., P. F. D. Boesman, G. M. Kirwan, and J. S. Marks (2017). Merlin (Falco columbarius). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved from Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/historic/hbw/merlin/1.0/introduction
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