We’re sorry, but GBIF doesn’t work properly without JavaScript enabled.
Our website has detected that you are using an outdated insecure browser that will prevent you from using the site. We suggest you upgrade to a modern browser.
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • Scientific Collections
      • Suggest a dataset
    • Users

      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • MAXENT
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity enhancement
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Implementation plan
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Newsletters and lists
      • Events
      • Ebbe Nielsen Challenge
      • Young Researchers Award
      • Science Review
  • User profile

Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
© All rights reserved
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Falconiformes
family
Falconidae
genus
Falco
species
Falco columbarius

Distribution

COR; FLO; TER; SMG; SMR*

Notes

Occasional Migrant. Rodrigues et al. (2010)

Migración

Categoria migratoria: Latitudinal, Transfronterizos

Conservación

Estatus de conservación: A4

Amenazas

AICAs segu?n lo propuesto por Renjifo et al. (2002) y BirdLife International y Conservation International (2005): CO4

Distribución

Ecorregión (Hernández et al. (1992): South American Pacific mangroves (SAPm): Distrito Tumaco; Patía Valley dry forest (PVdf): Distrito Subanadino Alto Patía

Migración

Latitudinal

Ecología

Especie migratoria. Su hábitat es extremadamente variable, va desde el nivel del mar hasta el limite de la vegetación en algunas cadenas montañosas, desde el bosque boreal y la tundra hasta zonas de parques, con árboles deciduos, estepas arbustivas, páramos, praderas abiertas y estepas. Aunque siempre prefiere zonas con algunos árboles o vegetación arbustiva. En migración ocurre aun en un más amplio rango de hábitats, algunas veces a lo largo de la línea de costa en donde presumiblemente se alimenta de aves playeras .

Conservación

Estado de amenaza global: LC

Estado de amenaza Libro Rojo Renjifo et. al 2016

LC

Descripción de la migración

Migratorio boreal

establishmentMeans Avendaño et. al 2017

Migratorio boreal

Rango altitudinal en metros

0-3500

Presencia en el departamento del valle del Cauca

Confirmada

Biomas

Halobioma del Pacifico | Helobioma del Valle del Cauca | Zonobioma Alternohígrico Tropical | Orobioma Bajo de los Andes

Estado según Avendaño et.al 2017

MB

Estado de amenaza Nacional

NE

Áreas protegidas

Reserva Forestal Protectora Nacional | Distrito Regional de Manejo Integrado | Parque Natural Regional | Área Importante para la Conservación de las Aves| RAMSAR

Estado de amenaza Regional

S2-S2S3

Rango de distribución altitudinal

0-3400 msnm

Name

Synonyms
Falco aesalon Tunstall
Homonyms
Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Ampuhaukka in Finnish
Drzemlik in Polish
Dvergfalk in Norwegian
Dværgfalk in Danish
Dværgfalk in Danish
Dværgfalk in Danish
Esmerejón in Spanish
Esmerejón in Spanish
Esmerilhão in Portuguese
Esmerilhão-comum in Portuguese
Faucon émerillon in French
Faucon émerillon in French
Faucon émerillon in French
Faucon émerillon in French
Faucon émerillon in French
Faucon émerillon in French
Halcón esmerejón in Spanish
Halcón esmerejón in Spanish
Halcón esmerejón in Spanish
Halcón esmerejón in Spanish
Kis sólyom in Hungarian
Merlin in English
Merlin in English
Merlin in English
Merlin in German
Merlin in German
Merlin in English
Merlin in English
Merlin in English
Merlin in German
Merlin in English
Merlin in English
Merlin in English
Merlin in English
Merlin in German
Merlin in English
Merlin (Eurasian) in English
Merlin   in Luxembourgish
Purva piekuns in Latvian
Smelleken in Dutch
Smelleken in Dutch
Smeriglio in Italian
Smeriglio in Italian
Stenfalk in Swedish
ampuhaukka in Finnish
drzemlik in Polish
dřemlík tundrový in Czech
esmerejón in Spanish
esmerilhão in Portuguese
esmerla in Catalan–Valencian

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
  4. Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
  5. Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em>
  6. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  7. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  8. Luck et al. 2012; Stiles.F. G. & L. Rosselli. 1998; Remsen & Robinson 1990; Hilty & Brown 1986,2001; Sherry 1990; Naranjo et al. 2012; Hilty & Brown 1986, 2001; Newbold et al. 2012; Belmaker & Jetz 2013; Dunning, J.B. 2007; http://www.hbw.com.
  9. Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
  10. Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
  11. SOF (1900-01-01 00:00:00) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
  12. SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
  13. Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p.
  14. Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383.
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements Citation Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark