Birds of Prey

Hunting birds with hooked beaks, sharp talons and keen eyesight, such as eagles, hawks and owls.

6 entries

An Andean condor with black and white wings and a white neck ruff perched on a rock.

Andean CondorVultur gryphusA huge vulture of the Andes Mountains with a wingspan of about 3.2 meters, the longest of any land bird.

A bald eagle with its wings raised, about to take off from a tree stump in Alaska.

Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusThe national bird of the United States, a fish-eating eagle that came back from the edge of extinction.

A dark brown Harris's hawk with rusty shoulders perched on a branch.

Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctusA dark brown hawk of the Americas' dry lands, nicknamed the "wolf of the sky" because family groups hunt together.

A king vulture with black and white wings and a colorful head soaring against a blue sky.

King VultureSarcoramphus papaA large black-and-white vulture of tropical forests from Mexico to Argentina with a brightly colored head.

A lappet-faced vulture with a bare pink head and dark brown feathers standing in grass.

Lappet-Faced VultureTorgos tracheliotosAfrica's largest vulture, an endangered scavenger whose strong beak opens carcasses for other vultures.

A brown milky eagle owl perched on rocks above water.

Milky Eagle OwlBubo lacteusOne of the world's larger owls, also called Verreaux's eagle-owl, with bare pink eyelids that show when it blinks.