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The Pacific baza (Aviceda subcristata), also known as the crested hawk, crested baza, and Pacific cuckoo-falcon, [2] is a slender, medium-sized species of hawk in the family Accipitridae. It is mostly grey, brown, and white coloured and grows to a length of 35–46 centimetres (14–18 in). It is an omnivore and usually does not migrate. The ...
Some evidence supports the contention that the African crowned eagle occasionally views human children as prey, with a witness account of one attack (in which the victim, a seven-year-old boy, survived and the eagle was killed), [35] and the discovery of part of a human child skull in a nest.
Using this method, accipitrids such as the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) and crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) have successfully hunted ungulates, such as deer and antelope, and other large animals (kangaroos and emus in the wedge-tailed) weighing more than 30 kg ...
Flores hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus floris (Hartert, EJO, 1898) 73 Mountain hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus nipalensis Hodgson, 1836: 74 Legge's hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus kelaarti (Legge, 1878) 75 Blyth's hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus alboniger Blyth, 1845: 76 Javan hawk-eagle: Accipitridae: Nisaetus bartelsi (Stresemann ...
African hawk-eagle: The Lion Guard: An African hawk-eagle who fakes having invented the Hadithi Spin. Hawk Hawk Watership Down: Hawk that killed Violet, the rabbit. Hawk Hawk The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue: A hawk that attacks Timmy and Jenny on a hot air balloon while their journey to save her parents and Martin. Hayabusa the Falcon ...
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The Accipitriformes (/ æ k ˌ s ɪ p ɪ t r ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z /; from Latin accipiter 'hawk' and formes 'having the form of') are an order of birds that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey, including hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites, but not falcons.
The secretarybird is instantly recognisable as a very large terrestrial bird with an eagle-like head and body on crane-like legs. It stands about 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) tall. [ 24 ] It has a length of between 1.1 and 1.5 m (3 ft 7 in and 4 ft 11 in) and a wingspan of between 1.9 and 2.1 m (6 ft 3 in and 6 ft 11 in). [ 25 ]