The merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere, with numerous subspecies throughout North America and Eurasia. A bird of prey, the merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some m
European subspecies F. c. aesalon, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Coastal forest merlin (F. c. suckelyi), Lake Los Carneros Park, Goleta, California, United States
Male (presumably F. c./a. pallidus) wintering in Little Rann of Kutch (Gujarat, India)
The Eurasian goshawk is a species of medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, a family which also includes other extant diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. It was form
A captive specimen of whitish large goshawk of Siberian origin, possibly part of A. g. albidus.
Juvenile in flight, the most likely age and condition to mistake a goshawk for another species
Adult goshawks maintain territories with display flights.