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Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds). In addition to speed and strength, these predators have keen eyesight for detecting prey from a distance or during flight, strong feet with sharp talons ...
Birds of prey. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Birds of prey. This category is for Birds of Prey, which includes all bird taxa belonging to the orders Strigiformes, Accipitriformes and Falconiformes, along with the possibly-unrelated American families Cathartidae (extant) and Teratornithidae (extinct).
In this list of birds by common name, a total of 10,976 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. Species marked with a "†" are extinct. [1
The diet consists of a variety of animals and plants. The family is well represented in Europe with many introduced species as well. American black duck, Anas rubripes (A) American wigeon, Mareca americana (A) Baikal teal, Sibirionetta formosa (A) Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus (I, A) Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis.
Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae. A family of birds of prey which includes hawks, buzzards, eagles, kites and harriers. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight. Common and binomial names.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae. Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil.
For species found in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the list are those of the AOS, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North and Middle American birds.
Below is a list of U.S. state birds as designated by each state 's, district's or territory's government. The selection of state birds began with Kentucky adopting the northern cardinal in 1926. It continued when the legislatures for Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming selected their state birds after a campaign was ...