Bird Of Prey

Definition: Bird Of Prey

Bird Of Prey

Noun

1. Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals.

Synonyms: Bird Of Prey

Synonyms: raptor (n), raptorial bird (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Bird of prey

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Birds of Prey

Harris Hawk

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves

Orders

Accipitriformes

Cathartidae
Pandionidae
Accipitridae
Sagittaridae

Falconiformes

Falconidae

A bird of prey or raptor is a bird that hunts its food, especially one that preys on mammals or other birds.

Diurnal birds of prey hunt with their beaks and talons. They belong to the order Accipitriformes and Falconiformes in several groups including:

Accipitriformes
- Cathartidae: New World vultures
- Pandionidae: Osprey
- Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards and Old World vultures
- Sagittaridae: Secretary Bird
Falconiformes
- Falconidae: falcons

For an alternative taxonomy, see also Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy.

Nocturnal birds of prey -- the owls -- are separate from the diurnal families, and are in the order Strigiformes.

Other birds may also hunt large prey items, such as the shrikes, and some kingfishers, like the Kookaburra.

Although, as above, the term is sometimes used more broadly, in general it refers to diurnal species such as the hawks, eagles, buzzards, falcons and vultures.

Although other groups may fill similar ecological roles and sometimes appear closely related on first sight, this is largely because of convergent evolution.

Common terms and categories

Many terms are used to describe particular types of birds of prey, both by specialists and lay people, in ways that vary a good deal.

Eagles are large raptors with long, broad wings and massive legs. True eagles have feathered legs and build large stick nests. (Non-specialists often use the term very broadly, to indicate almost any raptor.)
Kites are raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. In general they take live prey but mostly feed on carrion.
Falcons are small to medium sized birds of prey with long pointed wings. Unlike most other raptors, they belong to the Falconidae rather than the Accipitridae. Many are particularly swift flyers. No falcons build nests; instead, they appropriate old nests of other birds or lay their eggs on cliff ledges or in tree hollows.
Harriers are large, slender hawk-like birds with long tails and long, thin legs. Most hunt by gliding and circling low over grasslands and marshes on their ling, broad wings.
Buzzards are wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings, or, alternatively, any bird of the genus Buteo.

The F/A-22 Raptor is a fighter aircraft of the United States Air Force.

In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Bird of Prey is the class of a Klingon vessel.

Bird of Prey is also a US television series, featuring the Huntress, based in the DC Comics universe.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bird of prey."

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Crosswords: Bird Of Prey

English words defined with "bird of prey": aerie, aery ♦ bearded vulture, bird of Minerva, bird of night, butcher bird, butcherbird ♦ eyrie, eyry ♦ frigate bird ♦ genus Pernis, Gypaetus barbatus ♦ hawk, hooter ♦ Jager ♦ Kamichi ♦ lammergeier, lammergeyer, loggerhead shrike ♦ northern butcher bird ♦ owl ♦ Pernis ♦ Ravener, roc ♦ Sagittarius serpentarius, secretary bird ♦ talon, Trussing. (references)

Specialty definitions using "bird of prey": Hawk and Handsaw ♦ Poltron. (references)

Etymologies containing "bird of prey": Aerie ♦ Formell ♦ Hurst ♦ source. (references)

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Modern Usage: Bird Of Prey

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

The Bird of Prey (1918)

A Bird of Prey (1916)

Bird of Prey (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Bird Of Prey

Domain	Title
Books	Bird of Prey (Animals in the Wild Series) (reference) Bird of Prey (Stony Man , No 24) (reference) Inspector Collier and the Bird of Prey (reference) Silver Bird of Prey (G K Hall Nightingale Collection) [LARGE PRINT] (reference) Understanding the Bird of Prey (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Bird of Prey (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Bird Of Prey

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Photo Album: Bird Of Prey

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	An Arizona bird of prey makes his nest in a saguaro cactus.Credit: Unknown.		Smart Captain Plume, much like a bird of prey,... / J. Collier del. inv. T. Sanders sculp.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bird Of Prey

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bird of prey	1,354
klingon bird of prey	41
bird of prey picture	25
bird of prey photo	10
eagle bird of prey	9
falcon bird of prey	6
bird of prey wallpaper	5
bird of prey osprey	4
florida bird of prey	4
raptors bird of prey	4
bird of prey movie	3
bird of prey poster	3
klingon bird of prey picture	3
bird of prey video	3
snake river bird of prey	2
north american bird of prey	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bird Of Prey

Language		Translations for "bird of prey"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zog grabitqar, shpend grabitqar. (various references)

Arabic		‏طير من الطيور الجوارح, ‏طير جارح (predatory, prey). (various references)

Bulgarian		хищна птица. (various references)

Czech		dravý pták, šelma (beast of prey, predator). (various references)

Danish		rovfugl. (various references)

Dutch		stootvogel, roofvogel. (various references)

Finnish		petolintu. (various references)

French		rapace, oiseau de proie. (various references)

German		raubvogel (predator). (various references)

Greek		αρπακτικό πουλί. (various references)

Hebrew		עיט (eagle, vulture), עוף טורף, �"ורס. (various references)

Hungarian		ragadozó madár. (various references)

Italian		uccello rapace. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		猛鳥 , 猛禽 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		もうき�", もうちょう (appendix, caecum). (various references)

Manx		shirragh (buzzard, falcon, kite, seeker). (various references)

Pig Latin		irdbay ofay eypray

Portuguese		ave de rapina. (various references)

Russian		хищная птица. (various references)

Spanish		ave de rapiña. (various references)

Swedish		rovfågel. (various references)

Thai		นกล่าสัตว์อื่นหรือนกเล็กๆ เป็นอาหาร. (various references)

Turkish		yırtıcı kuş (raptorial). (various references)

Turkmen		яyrtyjy (beast, predator). (various references)

Welsh		bery (kite). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Bird Of Prey

Language	Period	Translations
Medieval Latin	700-1500	avis prede. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Bird Of Prey

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-f-i-o-p-r-r-y"
	-2 letters: broidery.
	-3 letters: broider, perfidy.
	-4 letters: birder, birred, border, boride, briery, dopier, dorper, forbid, forbye, foreby, orbier, period, priory, probed, prober, rebody, ropery, ropier, yirred.
	-5 letters: berry, bider, biped, bipod, bored, borer, bride, brief, brier, deify, derby, derry, direr, dobie, doper, dopey, drier, dryer, edify, eyrir, ferry, fiber, fibre, fiery, fiord, fired, firer, firry, forby.
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