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Hawk in flight. With their broad wingspans and sharp talons, hawks are some of the most regal birds in the skies. But beyond their powerful physical qualities, hawks hold deep spiritual meaning ...
The thunderbird is said to create thunder by flapping its wings (Algonquian [2]), and lightning by flashing its eyes (Algonquian, Iroquois [3]).Across cultures, thunderbirds are generally depicted as birds of prey, or hybrids of humans and birds. [1]
Feathers have long been used for bedding, as well as for quill pens and for fletching arrows. Today, many species face habitat loss and other threats caused by humans; bird conservation groups work to protect birds and to influence governments to do so. Birds have appeared in the mythologies and religions of many cultures since ancient Sumer.
An illustration from a 17th-century Icelandic manuscript shows a hawk, Veðrfölnir, on top of an eagle on top of a tree, Yggdrasil. In Norse mythology, Veðrfölnir (Old Norse "storm pale", [1] "wind bleached", [2] or "wind-witherer" [3]) is a hawk sitting between the eyes of an unnamed eagle that is perched on top of the world tree Yggdrasil.
The osprey (/ ˈ ɒ s p r i,-p r eɪ /; [2] Pandion haliaetus), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor , reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings.
Left to right: Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, and the red-tailed hawk (not to scale). In the United States, chickenhawk or chicken hawk is an unofficial designation for three species of North American hawks in the family Accipitridae: Cooper's hawk (also called a quail hawk), the sharp-shinned hawk, and the Buteo species red-tailed hawk.
More surprisingly, the smaller, much paler-bellied species pair Bonelli's eagle (A. fasciatus) and African hawk-eagle (A. spilogaster), previously included in the genus Hieraaetus, have been revealed to be genetically much closer to the Verreaux's and golden eagle lineage than to other species traditionally included in the genus Aquila.
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