Species

Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758

Common names:

Merlin,

väikepistrik

Metazoa ❯Bilateria ❯Chordata ❯Vertebrata ❯Aves ❯Falconiformes ❯Falconidae ❯Falco ❯Falco columbarius

I protection category. Regional IUCN Red List category: Critically Endangered.

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Occurrences

Total records	4140 ( 4114 observations, 17 specimens, 9 refbased )
Total species	1
Records in Estonia	4134 ( 4114 observations, 11 specimens, 9 refbased )
Species in Estonia	1
First occurrence in Estonia	1900-03-31
Latest occurrence in Estonia	2026-10-04
First occurrence in Estonia this year	2026-01-04

Species lists

Estonian birds,

Estonian species,

Protected species of Estonia, category I,

Red List species in Estonia,

Red list: Critically Endangered

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Accepted name

Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

väikepistrik Estonian,

Merlin English,

Dvergfalk Norwegian,

Ampuhaukka Finnish,

Purva piekūns Latvian,

Dværgfalk Danish,

Stenfalk Swedish,

Startsakalis Lithuanian,

dvergfalk Norwegian Bokmål,

dvergfalk Norwegian Nynorsk

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