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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Portugal. ... Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, ...
Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey. Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio (A) Woodchat shrike, Lanius senator (A)
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight. Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus (A) Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (A)
The archipelago of the Azores, Portugal, takes its name from the Portuguese language word for goshawk, (açor), because the explorers who discovered the archipelago thought the birds of prey they saw there were goshawks, but it was later found that the birds were kites or common buzzards (Buteo buteo rothschildi).
Pages in category "Lists of birds of Portugal" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In Portugal, Eurasian jay comprised 7.5% by number but only 2.7% of the biomass. [103] Corvids were the leading prey for Bonelli's eagles in Georgia, with the Eurasian magpie comprising 12.3% of the diet (though largely young were reportedly taken) and carrion crows (Corvus corone) making up a further 10.76%. [116]
Although the term "bird of prey" could theoretically be taken to include all birds that actively hunt and eat other animals, [4] ornithologists typically use the narrower definition followed in this page, [5] excluding many piscivorous predators such as storks, cranes, herons, gulls, skuas, penguins, and kingfishers, as well as many primarily ...
The eastern imperial eagle may be characterized as an occasional and opportunistic predator of other birds of prey. The following raptorial birds have been known to fall prey this eagle: the lesser spotted eagle (Clanga pomarina), European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), black kite (Milvus migrans), hen harrier (Circus cyaneus), Montagu's ...