Pictures of birds of prey

Images of birds of prey taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.

Southern Caracara Caracara plancus

White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja in Colombia

Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)

Yellow-eye raptor

Harpy Eagle at Summit Park

African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)

Torotoroka scops-owl (Otus rutilus madagascariensis)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl

Ruppell's Vultures (Gyps rueppelli)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Juvenile Frances's sparrowhawk (Accipiter francesiae)

Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus)

Raptor [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0341]

Southern Caracara Caracara plancus [brazil_1392]

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)

Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

Sulawesi Scops-Owl (Otus manadensis)

Bird [australia_fnq_0994]

Harpy eagle profile head shot

Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)

Raptor [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0328]

Brown snake eagle (Circaetus cinereus)

Captive harpy eagle

Buho campestre de las Galapagos (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Harpy eagle [belize_7141]

Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Torotoroka scops-owl (Otus rutilus madagascariensis)

Fish eagle in its nest

American Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)

Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

Brown snake eagle (Circaetus cinereus)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) - adult

Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)

Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)

Juvenile Frances's sparrowhawk (Accipiter francesiae)

Torotoroka scops-owl (Otus rutilus madagascariensis)

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)

Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)

Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl

Changeable hawk-eagle

Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)

Harpia harpyja at Summit Park

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

Female Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) eating a crab

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)

Torotoroka scops-owl (Otus rutilus madagascariensis)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Brown snake eagle (Circaetus cinereus)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja

Juvenile Frances's sparrowhawk (Accipiter francesiae)

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) [colombia_5668]

Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)

Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus)

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)

Bald eagle in flight

Sulawesi Scops-Owl (Otus manadensis)

Fish eagle nest in tree

Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus

Fish eagle in its nest

Ruppell's Vultures (Gyps rueppelli)

Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) [colombia_4851]

Bald eagle with chick

Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) in Colombia

American Kestrel

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) at Summit Park

Raptor [colombia_5889]

White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) [colombia_5672]

Ruppell's Vultures (Gyps rueppelli)

Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)

White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) -- tz_2559

Brown snake eagle (Circaetus cinereus)

Hawk [colombia_4780]

Torotoroka scops-owl (Otus rutilus madagascariensis)

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

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)

Bald eagle in flight at sunset

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)

Crested serpent-eagle

Vultures feeding on a wildebeest carcass

Southern Caracara Caracara plancus [brazil_1295]

Fish eagle in its nest

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax

Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela)

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl

Pair of African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) atop a tree

Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus [brazil_1944]

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) [colombia_4842]

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) [colombia_5651]

Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl

Changeable hawk-eagle

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris)

Black-chested Snake eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)

Vulture in flight

Madagascar buzzard (Buteo brachypterus)

Bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus)

White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis) [costa-rica_0404]

Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus) doing a dance

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1520

Augur buzzard -- tz_1966

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) [colombia_5676]

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Changeable hawk-eagle

Galapagos Short-eared Owl

Black collared hawk

Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)

Torotoroka scops-owl (Otus rutilus madagascariensis)

Torotoroka scops-owl (Otus rutilus madagascariensis)

African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)

White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl

Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)

Torotoroka scops-owl (Otus rutilus madagascariensis)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Raptor [colombia_4823]

Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis) [brazil_1492]

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Crowned Hawk-eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)

Bald eagle nestling

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)

Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) in flight

King vulture [suriname_1686]

Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park

Raptor -- sabah_3416

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) [colombia_5653]

Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park

Roadside hawk (Buteo magnirostris)

African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

Augur buzzard -- tz_2198

Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus

Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)

Mottled owl (Strix virgata)

Northern Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) [colombia_5684]

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) - juvenile

Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)

Raptor -- sabah_3413

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