Falco columbarius, Hawk egg
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Description:
One of three north Eurasian merlin eggs (Falco columbarius aesalon) collected from the same nest in Slaggyford, Williamston, England during advanced incubation. This bird was once known as a pigeon falcon or pigeon hawk in North America.
Original set mark: X, Pybus Collection
Tabor Collection
- Site: Europe; UK; Northumberland
- Site Number: NH8Eg
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Falconiformes
- Family: Falconidae
- Genus: Falco
- Species: Falco columbarius
- Collection: Ornithology Collection
- Object Name: Birds of Prey
- Object Id: CBE9633
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