Definition of Falco columbarius

1. Noun. Small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry.

Exact synonyms: Merlin, Pigeon Hawk
Generic synonyms: Falcon
Group relationships: Falco, Genus Falco

Lexicographical Neighbors of Falco Columbarius

Fairfaxian
Fairmont
Faisal
Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud
Faisalabad
Faith
Faiyumic
Faizan
Falange
Falangist
Falcatifolium
Falcatifolium falciforme
Falcatifolium taxoides
Falcidian
Falco
Falco columbarius
Falco peregrinus
Falco rusticolus
Falco sparverius
Falco subbuteo
Falco tinnunculus
Falconidae
Falconiformes
Falernian
Faliscan
Falkirk
Falkland
Falkland Islander
Falkland Islands
Falklander

Literary usage of Falco columbarius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual for the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"As the Black Merlin and the typical Pigeon-hawk intergrade, they constitute a single species, which is known as falco columbarius. To the Black Merlin has ..."

2. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"PIGEON HAWK, falco columbarius, Nutt. Man., vol. ip 60. ... falco columbarius, Pigeon Hawk, Swains, and Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. ii. p. 35. ..."

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