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Pictures of raptors [last update 2011-12-25]


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African fish eagle
African fish eagle

(Uganda)

Long-crested Eagle; Lophaetus occipitalis; perched on a tree stump
Long-crested Eagle; Lophaetus occipitalis; perched on a tree stump

(Uganda)


Bald eagle

(Alaska)

Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus
Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus

(Brazil)


African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)

(Tanzania)


Bald eagle

(Alaska)


Fish Eagle; Botswana


Mohawk bird



Andean Vulture



Ruppell's Vultures (Gyps rueppelli)

(Kenya)


Harpy Eagle at Summit Park
(pan02-1934)


Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

(Tanzania)

African fish eagle
African fish eagle

(Uganda)

Yellow-eye raptor
Yellow-eye raptor

(Laos)


King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)



Harpy Eagle; Harpia harpyja; in Colombia


White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)

(Tanzania)

Harpy eagle
Harpy eagle

(Belize)

African fish eagle; Haliaeetus vocifer
African fish eagle; Haliaeetus vocifer

(Uganda)


juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima


Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)



Bald eagle

(Alaska)

African fish eagle in flight
African fish eagle in flight

(Uganda)


Mohawk bird



American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)



Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)

(Kenya)


Harpy eagle; profile head shot


Captive harpy eagle


Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)



Sulawesi Scops-Owl (Otus manadensis)



Palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) in flight

(Gabon)

American Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)
American Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)

(Belize)


Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus)


Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)

(Brazil)


Harpy Eagle; Harpia harpyja


Bald eagle

(Alaska)

Black hawk
Black hawk

(Belize)


Bird of prey


Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)
Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)

(Costa Rica)


Harpia harpyja at Summit Park
(pan02-1929)

Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)
Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)

(Belize)


Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)



Augur buzzard

(Tanzania)


Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus)



Bird of prey



Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park

(Alaska)


Mohawk bird


Female Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) eating a crab
Female Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) eating a crab

(Brazil)

Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus
Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus

(Brazil)


White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)

(Kenya)


Bald eagle

(Alaska)

Harpy eagle
Harpy eagle

(Belize)

African fish eagle perched in a thorn bush
African fish eagle perched in a thorn bush

(Uganda)


Andean Vulture



White-browed Owl (Ninox superciliaris)



Fish eagle in treetop

(Malaysia)


Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)



Sulawesi Scops-Owl (Otus manadensis)



Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)) about to take flight

(Kenya)


Hawk



Bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus)

(Kenya)


American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)



Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park

(Alaska)


Condor

(Grand Canyon)


Northern Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)



White-browed Owl (Ninox superciliaris)


Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus) doing a dance
Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus) doing a dance

(Brazil)

Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)

(Brazil)

Snail kite
Snail kite

(Brazil)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)
Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)

(Venezuela)


Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)



Tawny Eagle; Aquila rapax

(Kenya)


Secretary birds (Sagittarius serpentarius) in treetop nest

(Kenya)


Bald eagle

(Alaska)

African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) perched in a dead tree above the Mpivie river in Gabon
African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) perched in a dead tree above the Mpivie river in Gabon

(Gabon)


Bald eagle nestling

(Alaska)

Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)

(Brazil)


Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park

(Alaska)


Bald eagle

(Alaska)


African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)

(Tanzania)


Raptor



juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima


White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)

(Tanzania)


Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)


African fish eagle perched in a thorny bush
African fish eagle perched in a thorny bush

(Uganda)


King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)


Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus), a bird of prey that follows squirrel monkeys
Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus), a bird of prey that follows squirrel monkeys

(Costa Rica)

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