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Ophiophagy (Greek: ὄφις + φαγία, lit. ' snake eating ') is a specialized form of feeding or alimentary behavior of animals which hunt and eat snakes.There are ophiophagous mammals (such as the skunks and the mongooses), birds (such as snake eagles, the secretarybird, and some hawks), lizards (such as the common collared lizard), and even other snakes, such as the Central and South ...
Leptophis mexicanus, commonly known as the Mexican parrot snake, is a species of medium-sized slender snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Americas . Geographic range
Mexican ornithologist Rafael Martín del Campo proposed that the northern caracara was possibly the sacred "eagle" depicted in several pre-Columbian Aztec codices, as well as the Florentine Codex. This imagery was adopted as a national symbol of Mexico , but it is not the bird depicted on the flag , which is a golden eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos ...
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.
In 1960, the Mexican ornithologist Rafael Martín del Campo identified the eagle in the pre-Hispanic codex as the crested caracara or "quebrantahuesos" (bonebreaker), a species common in Mexico (although the name "eagle" is taxonomically incorrect, as the caracara is in the falcon family). The golden eagle is considered the official bird of ...
Clelia scytalina, commonly known as the Mexican snake eater [3] or zopilota de altura (highland mussarana), [4] is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the New World .
Crotalus basiliscus, known as the Mexican west coast rattlesnake, [3] Mexican green rattler, and also by other names, [4] is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to western Mexico .
Bird-eating raptors also tend to show greater sexual dimorphism than other raptors, with the females being larger than the males. [ 2 ] Some avian avivores such as the shikra , besra , Eurasian sparrowhawk , and sharp-shinned hawk catch their prey by flying from cover in a tree or bush, taking their prey unawares.