- The
bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey
found in
North America. A sea eagle, it has two
known subspecies and
forms a
species pair with...
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Eagle is the
common name for the
golden eagle,
bald eagle, and
other birds of prey in the
family of the Accipitridae.
Eagles belong to
several groups of...
- 1918. It is also
known in some
North American regions as a "
buzzard" or "turkey
buzzard" and in some
areas of the
Caribbean as the "John crow" or "carrion...
-
common buzzard, in turn, is also part of a
species complex with
other Old
World buzzards,
namely the
mountain buzzard (B. oreophilus), the
forest buzzard (B...
- the
genus Buteo (also
commonly known as "hawks" in
North America,
while "
buzzard" is
colloquially used for vultures).
Harriers are large,
slender hawk-like...
- cuckoo-hawks (5 species)
Pernis –
honey buzzards (4 species)
Elanoides – swallow-tailed kite
Hamirostra – black-breasted
buzzard Lophoictinia – square-tailed kite...
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French word for
buzzard; the spot
where the
community was
settled was one
where large flocks of
American black vultures roosted in the
bald cypress trees...
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agrees with this, but
points to
their being related to the
genus Buteo (
buzzards/hawks), as well, a
relationship not
previously thought close. A 2005 molecular...
- name
Falco lineatus.
Gmelin based his
account on the "barred-breasted
buzzard" of John
Latham and the "red
shouldered falcon" of
Thomas Pennant. Latham...
- eagle,
crowned eagle,
African fish eagle, gymnogene,
jackal buzzard, white-rumped vulture,
bald ibis,
African finfoot,
Knysna lourie, purple-crested lourie...
