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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)
The Bermuda hawk inhabited the island of Bermuda where it is recorded in the fossil record. It is thought to account for a report of sightings of raptors made on the island in 1603 by Diego Ramírez, which mentions their possible island tameness: "very handsome sparrow-hawks, so stupid that we even clubbed them".
Accipitriformes is one of three major orders of birds of prey and includes the osprey, hawks, eagles, kites, and vultures. Falcons (Falconiformes) and owls (Strigiformes) are the other two major orders and are listed in other articles.
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. *
Pictures Puerto Rican barn owl: Tyto cavatica: Puerto Rico Described from subfossil remains. 1912 reports of cave-nesting owls may refer to this species. [32] Noel's barn owl: Tyto noeli: Cuba, Jamaica, and Barbuda Most recent remains at Drum Cave, Jamaica dated to 1900–1600 BCE. [35] Extinct due to deforestation, invasive animals, and loss ...
The Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow) is a gadfly petrel. Commonly known in Bermuda as the cahow, a name derived from its eerie cries, this nocturnal ground-nesting seabird is the national bird of Bermuda, pictured on Bermudian currency. Bermuda petrels are the second rarest seabird on the planet.
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 ...
Birds of Bermuda (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Fauna of Bermuda" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent ...