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Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (U) Booted eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus (VR) (Not on the AOS Check-list)
Pages in category "Birds of Bermuda" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Bermuda hawk: Accipitridae: Bermuteo avivorus Olson, 2008: 237 Grey hawk: Accipitridae: Buteo plagiatus (Schlegel, 1862) 238 Grey-lined hawk: Accipitridae: Buteo nitidus (Latham, 1790) 239 Red-shouldered hawk: Accipitridae: Buteo lineatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 240 Ridgway's hawk: Accipitridae: Buteo ridgwayi (Cory, 1883) 241 Broad-winged hawk ...
The lists are based on The AOS Check-list of North American Birds of the American Ornithological Society [1] and The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World [2] supplemented with checklists from Panama, Greenland, and Bermuda. It includes the birds of Greenland, Canada, the United States (excluding Hawaii), Mexico, Central America, Bermuda ...
Although the term "bird of prey" could theoretically be taken to include all birds that actively hunt and eat other animals, [4] ornithologists typically use the narrower definition followed in this page, [5] excluding many piscivorous predators such as storks, cranes, herons, gulls, skuas, penguins, and kingfishers, as well as many primarily ...
The species apparently was not present in 1623, when Captain John Smith noted that there were only migrant raptors on Bermuda. [3] [failed verification] Its date of extinction is not known but is presumed to have followed the human settlement on the island in the 17th century and may have been due to hunting and the introduction of invasive species, such as feral pigs.
This is the dramatic moment bird of prey attacked a drone in mid-air before dropping it into a forest. Footage shows a kestrel in Zhangjiajie, China, grabbing the unmanned aerial vehicle with its ...
The national bird of Bermuda is the white-tailed tropicbird or longtail, which is a summer migrant to Bermuda, its most northerly breeding site. Other native birds include the eastern bluebird, grey catbird and perhaps the common ground dove.