Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Falco columbarius

Your sightings

Related taxa

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)
none American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.) (v.?) American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts (current) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.?)

Other synonyms

Arabic: اليؤيؤ أسود الذيل
Asturian: Zaperín
Azerbaijani: Derbnik
Belarusian: Сокал-дрымлюк
Bulgarian: Малък сокол
Breton: Ar falc'hun moan
Catalan: Esmerla
Catalan (Balears): Esmerla
Valencian: Falconet
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): gli-gli moutayn
Czech: dřemlík tundrový
Welsh: Cudyll bach
Danish: Dværgfalk
German: Merlin
Greek: Νανογέρακο
Greek (Cypriot): Νανοφάλκονο
English: Merlin, Merlin (North American), Merlin [North American], Pigeon Hawk
Esperanto: Kolombfalko
Spanish: Esmerejón
Spanish (Colombia): Esmerejón
Spanish (Costa Rica): Esmerejón
Spanish (Cuba): Halconcito de Palomas
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Emerillon, Merlin
Spanish (Honduras): Halcón palomero
Spanish (Mexico): halcón esmerejón
Spanish (Peru): Halcón Esmerejón
Spanish (Venezuela): Halcón Migratorio
Estonian: Väikepistrik
Basque: Belatz txikia
Finnish: ampuhaukka
Faroese: Smiril
French: Faucon émerillon, Faucon émerillon [columbarius, suckleyi ou richardsonii]
Irish: Meirliún
Guadeloupean Creole French: Gligli
Gaelic: Mèimeal
Galician: Esmerillón
Manx: Shawk veg
Haitian Creole French: Grigri Mòn
Hebrew: בז גמדי
Croatian: Mali Sokol
Hungarian: Kis sólyom
Armenian: Աղավնաբազե
Icelandic: Smyrill
Italian: Smeriglio
Japanese (romaji): kochougembou
Japanese: コチョウゲンボウ
Japanese (Kanji): 小長元坊
Georgian: ალალი
Kazakh: Тұрымтай
Kazakh (Transliteration): turımtay
Korean: 쇠황조롱이
Korean (Transliteration): soe-hwang-jorongi
Cornish: Falghun meyn
Scientific: Falco columbarius, Falco columbarius [columbarius or richardsonii], Falco columbarius [columbarius, suckleyi or richardsonii], Falco columbarius columbarius
Luxembourgish: Merlin
Lithuanian: Startsakalis
Latvian: Purva piekūns
Macedonian: Мал сокол
Mongolian: Хайргууна шонхор
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠠᠢᠢᠷᠠᠭᠣᠨ᠎ᠠ ᠱᠣᠩᠬᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠠᠢᠢᠷᠠᠭᠣᠨ᠎ᠠ ᠱᠣᠩᠬᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Турамтай начин
Mongolian (Transliteration): khairgan shoŋkhor
Maltese: Seqer ta' Denbu
Dutch: Smelleken
Norwegian: Dverfalk
Polish: drzemlik
Pinyin: huī-bèi sǔn
Portuguese: Esmerilhão
Portuguese (Brazil): esmerilhao, Esmerilhão
Romansh: Falcun merlin
Romanian: Şoim de iarnă
Russian: Дербник
Scots: Meimeal
Northern Sami: Cizašfálli
Slovak: Sokol kobec
Slovenian: mali sokol
Albanian: Skifteri i vogël
Serbian: mali soko
Swedish: Stenfalk
Thai: เหยี่ยวเมอร์ลิน
Thai (Transliteration): yìaw moee-lin
Turkish: Boz doğan
Tuvinian: Бора хокпештээр шаңгыр
Ukrainian: Дербник
Vietnamese: Cắt lưng xám
Chinese: 灰背隼
Chinese (Traditional): 灰背隼
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 灰背隼
Chinese (Taiwan): 灰背隼