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Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-06511-6 Includes a review of recent literature on the controversy. Cramp, Stanley (1980). Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic – Hawks to Bustards. Oxford University Press. pp. 3, 277.
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 ...
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.
The Accipitridae (/ ˌ æ k s ɪ ˈ p ɪ t r ɪ d iː,-d eɪ /) is one of the four families within the order Accipitriformes, [2] and is a family of small to large birds of prey with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet.
This category is for Birds of Prey, which includes all bird taxa belonging to the orders Strigiformes, Accipitriformes and Falconiformes, ...
Accipiter (/ æ k ˈ s ɪ p ə d ə r /) is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. Most species are called sparrowhawks, but there are many sparrowhawks in other genera too, such as Tachyspiza. These birds are slender with short, broad, rounded wings and a long tail which helps them maneuver in flight.
Birds of prey specialise in hunting mammals or other birds, while vultures are specialised scavengers. Birds are also preyed upon by a range of mammals including a few avivorous bats. [ 267 ] A wide range of endo- and ectoparasites depend on birds and some parasites that are transmitted from parent to young have co-evolved and show host ...
The order Falconiformes (/ f æ l ˈ k ɒ n ɪ ˌ f ɔːr m iː z /) is represented by the extant family Falconidae (falcons and caracaras) and a handful of enigmatic Paleogene species. . Traditionally, the other bird of prey families Cathartidae (New World vultures and condors), Sagittariidae (secretarybird), Pandionidae (ospreys), Accipitridae (hawks) were classified in Falconifo