Sulawesi Serpent Eagle, by Joseph Wolf
When the average person thinks of “birds of prey” or “raptors” eagles, hawks, and falcons come to mind. Owls are raptors too, despite their physical differences from these species.
But there’s much more to this family — vultures, condors, buzzards, harriers, kites. I was surprised to discover in doing research for this post that there are species out there even I’d never heard of: Harrier-hawks, merlins, bazas, honey-buzzards.
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Birds of Prey
| Highlands Kite
Scrub Hawk White-chinned Falconet Brown Mountain Kite Bush Butter Owl Tonahee Falcon Lion-headed Hawklet Grassknocker Honey-buzzard Jacaronga Monk Eagle |
Cat-faced Harrier
Oderbach’s Gyrfalcon Rusk’s Sea Eagle Lark Kestrel Buff-faced Buzzard Harlequin Falcon Dusky Goshawk Vinestriker Musket Hawk Rice Paddy Harrier-hawk |
