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Category: Raptors & Owls
Peregrine Falcon
The fastest animal in level flight, diving over 300 km/h, dark hood and pointed wings, worldwide.
Common Kestrel
A small falcon with rufous back and barred tail, famous for hovering while hunting.
Merlin
A small compact falcon, dark slate above, fierce hunter of small birds.
Saker Falcon
A large pale falcon of open grasslands, prized in falconry.
Northern Goshawk
A powerful forest hawk, slate-gray back, barred breast, agile hunter.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
A small woodland hawk with barred underparts, quick flier hunting small birds.
Besra
A small forest hawk of Asia, similar to the sparrowhawk, agile among trees.
Golden Eagle
A huge dark-brown eagle with golden nape, top predator soaring over mountains.
White-tailed Eagle
A massive brown eagle with white tail and yellow bill, one of the world's largest eagles.
Bald Eagle
The national bird of the USA, with a white head and tail and dark body.
Cinereous Vulture
One of the largest Old World vultures, dark with bare head, scavenging on carcasses.
Turkey Vulture
A widespread American scavenger with a bare red head, soaring on thermals.
Egyptian Vulture
A small white vulture with a bare yellow face, famous for using tools to break eggs.
Osprey
A fish-eating raptor with a white head and reversible outer toes for grasping fish.
Black Kite
A dark fork-tailed kite, a common scavenging raptor in towns and wetlands.
Red Kite
An elegant rufous kite with a deeply forked tail, recovering populations in Europe.
Secretary Bird
A tall terrestrial raptor with long bare legs and quill-like crest, stomps on snakes.
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
A massive owl with ear tufts, orange eyes and streaked plumage, among the largest owls.
Barn Owl
A ghostly pale owl with a heart-shaped face and silent flight.
Long-eared Owl
A medium owl with long ear tufts and orange face, roosting communally in winter.
Short-eared Owl
A diurnal owl with small ear tufts, often seen hunting over open fields in daylight.
Snowy Owl
A large white owl of the Arctic tundra, migrating south in some winters.
Great Horned Owl
A powerful American owl with prominent ear tufts, one of the most adaptable owls.
Barred Owl
A large gray-brown owl with barred breast and dark eyes, common in eastern US forests.
