Birds: Birds of prey

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Lapland Owl

The Lapland Owl also called the Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) is an owl that is almost as large as the eagle owl. The Lapland owl has a relatively circumpolar distribution. It breeds in North America, from Lake Superior to Alaska's Pacific coast, and from Scandinavia and eastward across northern Asia.

Great grey owl

Great Horned Owl

The Great Horned Owl(Bubo virginianus) is an American owl.

Eagle Owl

The eagle owl (Bubo bubo) has an Eurasian distribution and is present in the North-Eastern and Southern Europe and in much of Asia..

Sparrowhawk r

The sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) is a small bird of prey. The bird occurs from northwest Africa to much of the temperated and subtropical Eurasia. In Europe the sparrowhawk is the most common bird of prey.

Sparrowhawk

Chinese Sparrowhawk

The Chinese sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) breeds in Southeast China, Taiwan, Korea and Siberia.

Black-and-white Hawk-eagle

The black-and-white hawk-eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus) is found throughout a large part of tropical America, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.

Bateleur Eagle

The bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) is endemic to Africa and small parts of Arabia. "Bateleur" is French for "Street Performer".

Bateleur Eagle

Peregrine Falcon

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) has a circumpolar distribution and occurs in all continents except Antarctica. Most of the northern populations are migratory while the southern is sedentary.

Peregrine Falcon

African Hawk Eagle

The African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster) is a large bird of prey. The African hawk-eagle breeds in tropical Sub-Saharan Africa.

Bald Eagle

The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird that lives in North America. The bird occurs locally from the Aleutian Islands and Alaska in the north to northwestern Mexico in the south. The Bald Eagle occurs not only on the coast but often inland on rivers and large lakes.

Bald Eagle

The Bald Eagle is USA's National Bird.

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Western Marsh Harrier

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) nests in all of Europe, northwest Africa, northern parts of the Middle East and Central Asia. It nests in almost every country in Europe, but is absent in northern Scandinavia. Marsh Harrier is rare in the British Isles and currently doesn't breed in Ireland and Wales. In the Middle East you find populations in Turkey, Iraq and Iran and Central Asia extends the species' spread eastward as far as the north-western China, Mongolia and Lake Baikal region of Siberia.

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Eastern Imperial Eagle

The eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) is a large bird of prey that breeds in southeastern Europe and extensively through West and Central Asia.

White-tailed Eagle

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) is the largest bird of prey in northern Europe and one of the largest in the world. Tailed eagle nest in Greenland, Iceland, northern Scotland, Scandinavia, the Baltics, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, east through Russia and Siberia, in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Mongolia, China, Japan and east to the Bering Strait.

White-tailed Eagle

White-tailed Eagle also known as Sea Eagle or Erne

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Black-chested snake eagle

The black-chested snake eagle or black-breasted snake eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) is a large African bird of prey.

Redtailed Hawk

The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk," though it rarely preys on standard sized chickens. It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies, and is one of the most common buteos in North America.

Northern Harrier

The Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) is a migratory bird that breeds across the northern parts of the northern hemisphere, in Canada, America and northern Eurasia. In winter, the Palearctic populations move to more southern areas of Europe, northern Africa and temperate Asia, and occurs as far north as in southern Sweden and northern Britain. The nearktiska populations move to the southern region of the U.S., to Mexico and Central America. In the milder breeding areas, such as France, Britain and southern U.S. the Northern Harrier can occur year round.

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Tawny Owl

Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) is common in woodlands across much of Eurasia. The bird is none migratory and highly territorial.

Tawny Owl nests are usually in a hole in a tree, but they also use old magpie nests, squirrel nests or holes in buildings, and likes to use nest boxes.

Tawny Owl hunts almost exclusively at night. The bird takes a large set of prey, mainly forest rodents, but also other mammals, up to a baby bunny's size, as well as birds, earthworms and beetles

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Rough-legged Buzzard

The Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus) called the Rough-legged Hawk in North America, breed in tundra and taiga habitats of North America and Eurasia. The Rough-legged Buzzard occurring in North America migrate to the central United States for the winter, while Eurasian Individuals migrate to southern Europe and Asia.
The nest is built on a cliff or tall tree.

The Rough-legged Buzzard is largely dependent on the availability of lemmings. In good lemming years, the bird can lay up to seven eggs and when lemmings are missing the nesting might not occur.

Rough-legged Buzzard

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Merlin

The Merlin (Falco columbarius) is a compact, small falcons that nest circumpolar in the northern hemisphere and is the smallest falcon in Europe. The species has a northern circumpolar distribution and breeds in Iceland, British Isles, Scandinavia, Baltic States, northern Asia and North America. Most of the world population are migrants.
The Merlin often nests in abandoned nests by corvids or pigeons.
The Merlin hunts mainly birds, but sometimes rodents and insects. The Merlin can take its prey in the air and on the ground. The Merlin likes to sit on a slightly elevated location looking for prey.

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Snowy Owl

Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) is an owl occurring in the tundra around the Arctic coasts. It is found in Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Scotland, in the Scandinavian mountain chain, Finland, and Russia. Most breed in Siberia, Alaska and Canada and only a handful in Europe.
The Snowy Owl nests above the tree line, on heaths and similar vast, open areas with slightly undulating terrain. The bird places its nest on the ground that consists of a uppskrapad pit on top of a pile of stones, but it can also nest in abandoned eagle nests.
Snowy owls live almost exclusively on rodents like lemmings and voles, but sometimes also takes birds, especially grouse.

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