Hawks and Eagles

African Fish Eagle

A fairly large eagle. It has a distinctive black, brown, and white plumage. Diet. Although, as its name suggests, it feeds extensively on fish

Harris's Hawk

A hawk that works in groups to hunt its prey. Found in the Southwestern Deserts of North America

Osprey

A specialized fish hawk that plunges into rivers, lakes, and shallow seas to seize fish in its talons. Its feet has spiny soles for gripping onto slippery fish.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Bat Falcon

Falco rufigularis

Wedge-Tailed Eagle

Identified by its pointed tail, this is the Biggest Bird of Prey in Australia. It hunts by soaring over the plains and watching from a perch, and is big enough to seize a small Kangaroo

Saker Falcon

Largish, powerful falcon with variable plumage; crown whitish to brown, streaked dark.

Northern Harrier

Long-Winged Slender Birds that specialize in flying low over open ground looking for small Prey. Males have a dove-gray color

Black Kite

Medium-sized, rather nondescript raptor with overall dark plumage. Slightly forked tail, the fork disappearing when the tail is fully open.

American Kestrel

North America's littlest falcon. It's one of the most colorful of all raptors

Northern Goshawk

One of the biggest forest hawks. They are relatively short-winged, long tailed hunters adapted for fast, swerving flight through trees.

King Vulture

One of the largest New World vulture, second only to condors. They range from Mexico to Argentina and feed on carrion.

Philippine Eagle

One of the worlds most endangered birds of prey. It attacks Monkeys, squirrels, pigs, and flying lemurs. It searches for prey by flying above the trees.

Harpy Eagle

One of the worlds most powerful Birds of Prey. This Huge Tropical Forest Eagle uses its talons to Rip Monkeys and Sloths from their perches in Rain Forest Trees.

Common Kestrel

Small falcons that eat rodents and insects. They are the largest birds that can hover for long periods

Black Vulture

Sooty black plumage, a bare black head, and neat white stars under the wingtips

Bateleur

Terathopius ecaudatus

Andean Condor

The Biggest Vulture and the Largest Bird of Prey. It searches for food among the mountains by riding updrafts on huge outspread wings. It has a 10 foot wingspan

Ferruginous Hawk

The Largest Hawk in North America

California Condor

The Largest Land Bird in North America. It is in danger of Extinction. They live throughout the mountains of Southern California. over 400 are left in the wild and still increasing.

Bald Eagle

The National Symbol of the US. This powerful hunter feeds mainly on fish, but also takes other prey.

Crested Caracara

The ___ is a native bird species that apparently can coexist with ranching in south Florida.

Red-Tailed Hawk

The most common and most widespread hawk of North and Central America, with a reddish tail.

Golden Eagle

The most widespread of the eagles, and one of the biggest. It soars over open country on broad wings, it scans the ground below for prey before seizing it with its powerful talons.

Steller's Sea-Eagle

They are Dark, impressive, and the largest of all sea-eagles, and the heaviest eagle.

Palm Nut Vulture

This Big, Black and White bird feeds mainly on the fruit of oil palm trees. It uses its hooked bill to tear into the husk.

Peregrine Falcon

This bird can dive through the air at speeds of 220 mph or more, making it the fastest animal on earth. It hunts other birds and is found in every continent except Antarctica.

Secretary Bird

This bird stalks the African Savannas on very long legs, using its feet to catch and kill small mammals, insects, and snakes.

Birds of Prey

This family includes eagles, hawks, falcons, and vultures; All are predatory with a hooked beak and clawed talons.

Ruppell's Vulture

This is the highest flying bird ever recorded. Like most vultures, it eats rotting flesh left by predators.

Turkey Vulture

This is the most widespread vulture in the Americas. It lives in a variety of habitats and has the best sense of smell of any bird of prey.

Martial Eagle

This powerful bird is Africa's Largest Eagle. It attacks a wide range of animals including hyraxes and snakes.

Snail Kite

This slow-moving specialist feeds almost exclusively on Freshwater Snails. It lives mainly in Central and South American wetlands, but also in the Florida Everglades

Eurasian Buzzard

Usually has dark brown upperparts. Underparts are paler, almost white, with brown and reddish streaks on belly

Lammergeier

Usually lives in rocky, mountainous habitats. It is well known for seizing large bones and dropping them onto rocks to break them open and expose the bone marrow inside.

Lappet-faced Vulture

a large bird with a heavy head and massive bill. It has mainly dark feathers and is easily identified by its bare pink head

Lanner Falcon

a medium size falcon native to Africa, the southeastern part of Europe, and into parts of Asia.

Egyptian Vulture

opportunists and eat very varied. Their diet consists mainly of carrion, but also small mammals, young birds, fish, and eggs

Gryfalcon

the largest of the falcon species. It breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra

White-backed Vulture

the most common large vulture in Africa and is an accomplished scavenger that eats the carcasses of large mammals.