Merlin ( Falco columbarius ) |
Description |
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Various |
A little smaller than the kestrel. No mustaches, breast lined transversely, terminal bar of the black tail. The male has the grey - blue back.125-234g (male), 164-300g (female). |
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The young people winters to the circum-Mediterranean regions, the adults in the centre of Europe where they look for the bare plains. |
Habitat : | Tundras and forests of tundras, swamp in the zone of the forests of conifers Scandinavian. |
Food : | Insects, small birds, rodents, lizards. |
Size : | 9.85 inch (25-30 cm) |
Weight : 140-230 g |
Wing span : 23.64 inch (60-65 cm) |