Taxonomy The genus Falco was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. The type species is the merlin (Falco columbarius). The genus name is Late Latin meaning a "falcon" from , , meaning "a sickle", referring to the claws of the bird. In Middle English and Old French, the title refers generically to several captive raptor species.
Taxonomy The genus Falco was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Li?nnaeus in the tenth edition of his Syste.ma Naturae. The type species is the merlin (Falco columbarius). The genus name is Late Latin meaning a "falcon" fr.om , , meaning "a sickle", referring to the claws of the bird. In Middle English and Old French, the title refers generically to several captive raptor species.