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SUMMARY
Rare and vagrant birds in
Iceland:
Falconiformes
by
Ólafur Karl Nielsen
and
Hálfdán Björnsson
Icelandic Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 5320
1S-125 REYKJAVÍK
Iceland
Three species of diurnal raptors breed
in Iceland, namely the White-tailed Eagle
(Haliaeetus albicilla), the Gyrfalcon (Fal-
co rusticolus), and the Merlin (Falco co-
lumbarius). White Gyrfalcons (candicans-
type) from Greenland are regular in win-
ter. The nearctic subspecies of the Merlin
F.c. columbarius has been recorded once
in lceland.
* Rare and vagrant birds in Iceland.
Report 8: Icelandic Museum of Natural
History.
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