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Raptors
Up one levelHawks, osprey, eagles, falcons
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Scientific Name Pandion haliaetus
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Scientific Name Buteo jamaicensis
- Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
- Scientific Name Buteo lagopus
- Osprey by Alex Calzadilla
- Rough-legged Hawk by Gary Luhm
- American Kestrel
- By Joyce Meyer
- Gyrfalcon
- By Joyce Meyer
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- The White-tailed Kite (WTKI) is about 15” long with a wingspan of 39” and a weight of 12 oz. (340g).
- Gyrfalcon
- Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
- The Gyrfalcon (GYRF) is about 22” long with a wingspan of 47” and weight of 3.1 lb. (1400 g). It is the largest falcon in the world.
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- The Turkey Vulture (TUVU, or sometimes referred to just as TV) is about 26” long with a wingspan of 67” and a weight of 4 lb. (1830g).
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrines
- American Kestrel, Baby
- Baby American Kestrel
- Merlin
- Photo provided by David Drummond who holds the copyright.
