falconiform: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	raptor • Falconiformes

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Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis).

Mongolian falconer on horseback with golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). While falcons are usually worn on the left hand, in certain areas of Asia eagles are carried on the falconer's right arm.

Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) taking flight over dry grassland, holding its prey in its talons.

Illustration showing the heads of six falconiform birds: a black vulture (Coragyps atratus), a lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus), a common buzzard (Buteo buteo), a Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus), a hook-billed kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus), and a gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), each labeled with their common and scientific names.

Illustration showing the specialized feet of various falconiform birds, including lammergeier, osprey, harpy eagle, buzzard, New World vulture, northern goshawk, short-toed eagle, and secretary bird, each with distinct talon shapes and textures suited to their hunting or scavenging lifestyles.

white-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

Male common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).

Modifications for specialized types of flight among falconiforms.

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus).

Spot the Andean condor soaring among the Andes mountaintops and note its impressive wingspan

How sea eagles survive winter in Hokkaido, Japan

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