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38 relations: Accipiter, Accipitridae, American Ornithological Society, Beak, Bird of prey, Buzzard, Carnivore, Cathartiformes, Claw, Diurnality, DNA, Eagle, Eocene, Falcon, Falconidae, Harrier (bird), Hawk, Holocene, Kite (bird), Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Lumpers and splitters, Monogamy, New World vulture, Nostril, Old World vulture, Order (biology), Pandion (bird), Parrot, Passerine, Red-tailed hawk, Reproduction, Secretarybird, Sexual dimorphism, Sexual maturity, Teratornithidae, The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Vulture, Wing.
Accipiter
Accipiter is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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Accipitridae
The Accipitridae, one of the four families within the order Accipitriformes (the others being Cathartidae, Pandionidae and Sagittariidae), are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet.
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American Ornithological Society
The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is an ornithological organization based in the United States.
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Beak
The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds that is used for eating and for preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, courtship and feeding young.
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Bird of prey
A bird of prey, predatory bird, or raptor is any of several species of bird that hunts and feeds on rodents and other animals.
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Buzzard
Buzzard is the common name of several species of bird of prey.
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Carnivore
A carnivore, meaning "meat eater" (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning "meat" or "flesh" and vorare meaning "to devour"), is an organism that derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue, whether through predation or scavenging.
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Cathartiformes
The order Cathartiformes of raptors or birds of prey included the New World vultures and the now extinct Teratornithidae.
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Claw
A claw is a curved, pointed appendage, found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds).
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Diurnality
Diurnality is a form of plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of sleeping, or other inactivity, at night.
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.
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Eagle
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae.
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Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.
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Falcon
Falcons are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species.
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Falconidae
The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae.
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Harrier (bird)
A harrier is any of the several species of diurnal hawks sometimes placed in the Circinae sub-family of the Accipitridae family of birds of prey.
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Hawk
Hawks are a group of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae.
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Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch.
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Kite (bird)
Kite is a common name for certain birds of prey in the family Accipitridae, particularly in subfamilies Milvinae, Elaninae, and Perninae.
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Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot
Louis Pierre Vieillot (May 10, 1748, Yvetot – August 24, 1830, Sotteville-lès-Rouen) was a French ornithologist.
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Lumpers and splitters
Lumpers and splitters are opposing factions in any discipline that has to place individual examples into rigorously defined categories.
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Monogamy
Monogamy is a form of relationship in which an individual has only one partner during their lifetime — alternately, only one partner at any one time (serial monogamy) — as compared to non-monogamy (e.g., polygamy or polyamory).
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New World vulture
The New World vulture or condor family Cathartidae contains seven species in five genera, all but one of which are monotypic.
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Nostril
A nostril (or naris, plural nares) is one of the two channels of the nose, from the point where they bifurcate to the external opening.
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Old World vulture
Old World vultures are vultures that are found in the Old World, i.e. the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, and which belong to the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, buzzards, kites, and hawks.
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Order (biology)
In biological classification, the order (ordo) is.
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Pandion (bird)
Pandion is a genus of bird of prey in the family Pandionidae.
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Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds of the roughly 393 species in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions.
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Passerine
A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species.
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Red-tailed hawk
The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies.
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Reproduction
Reproduction (or procreation or breeding) is the biological process by which new individual organisms – "offspring" – are produced from their "parents".
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Secretarybird
The secretarybird or secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a very large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.
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Sexual maturity
Sexual maturity is the capability of an organism to reproduce.
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Teratornithidae
Teratorns (from the Greek Τερατορνις Teratornis, 'monster bird') are an extinct group of very large birds of prey that lived in North and South America from the Late Oligocene to Late Pleistocene.
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The Birds of the Western Palearctic
The Birds of the Western Palearctic (full title Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic; often referred to by the initials BWP) is a nine-volume ornithological handbook covering the birds of the western portion of the Palearctic zoogeographical region.
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Vulture
A vulture is a scavenging bird of prey.
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Wing
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift, while moving through air or some other fluid.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accipitriformes
