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[vc_row full_screen_section_height="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Falco tinnunculus   Order: Falcon-like (Falconiformes) Family: Hawks (Falconidae) Size: 34 – 36 cm Span: ca. 75 cm Weight: 130 – 230 g   The Kestrel, also known as the Shaking-falcon, is - with the buzzard - the most common domestic bird of prey. They are not endangered and are one of a few species of birds of prey, whose sex can be recognized by the plumage. While the females are uniformly coloured brown with black spots, the males...

[vc_row full_screen_section_height="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Falco Cherrug   Order: Falcon-like (Falconiformes) Family: Hawks (Falconidae) Size: 46 – 58 cm Span: 104 – 129 cm Weight: 750 - 1.100 g   The Saker falcon, also called a Gull hawk, it is the second largest falcon species in the world. They are one of the most popular hunting birds ever and is often used for the picking hunt. The Saker Falcon is a typical horizontal hunter that hunts flat and fast across the ground. In hunting...

[vc_row full_screen_section_height="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Falco Rusticolus / Falco Cherrug   Order: Falcon-like (Falconiformes) Family: Hawks (Falconidae) Size: 46 – 60 cm Span: 104 – 130 cm Weight: 850 – 1.250 g   The Gyr Saker falcon is a hybrid of the world's largest hawk, the Gyrfalcon and the second largest hawk, the Saker falcon. Such hybrids are not rare in the wild, and in some cases, there are even distinct subspecies, such as the Altai falcon, which crystallized from such mixtures. Gyr Saker...

[vc_row full_screen_section_height="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Milvus Migrans   Order: Birds of Prey (Accipitriformes) Family: Hawkweed (Accipitridae) Size: 45 – 65 cm Span: 120 – 155 cm Size: 500 – 1.000 g   The Black Kite is a very inconspicuous bird of prey, a scavenger and opportunist. Waste on landfills, marketplaces, slaughterhouses and fish factories, rubbish on highways and the like are the regular feeding grounds for this bird. Even fishing boats are followed by black kites. Black Kites have been observed to rob...

[vc_row full_screen_section_height="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Milvus Milvus   Order: Birds of Prey (Accipitriformes) Family: Hawkweed (Accipitridae) Size: 60 – 73 cm Span: 150 – 170 cm Weight: 850 – 1.400 g   The Red Milan is a scavenger. You can often see them annoying other birds until they simply let go of their prey. However, as a scavengers, they are extremely tact and speedy in the air, stopping them from becoming prey himself. In contrast to its relative, the black kite. The Red...

[vc_row full_screen_section_height="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Gyps Fulvus   Order: Birds of Prey (Accipitriformes) Family: Hawkweed (Accipitridae) Subfamily: Old World Vulture (Aegypiinae) Size: 93 – 110 cm Span: 235 – 280 cm Weight: 6.200 – 11.300 g   The Griffon vulture has a wing span of almost 3 meters. Despite their imposing size, they are pure scavengers and unable to catch a mouse. As a scavengers, they fill an important role in the ecosystem to prevent sickness and disease. Its special characteristic is the long white...

[vc_row full_screen_section_height="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Haliaeetus Leucocephalus   Order: Birds of Prey (Accipitriformes) Family: Hawkweed (Accipitridae) Size: 70 – 90 cm Span: 180 – 250 cm Weight: 2.500 – 6.300 g   The bald eagle is probably one of the most well known birds of prey. Especially typical of the animal made symbolic by the USA, is the white head and the white tail (shock) with the dark overall plumage. However, the eagle does not always look like this. At the age of...

[vc_row full_screen_section_height="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ayuila Nipalensis   Order: Birds of Prey (Accipitriformes) Family: Hawkweed (Accipitridae) Size: 60 – 80 cm Span: 165 – 210 cm Weight: 2.400 – 3.800 g   As a young bird, the Steppe eagle is uniformly coloured light brown. With about 7 - 8 years the Steppe eagle becomes sexually mature and turns dark brown. As with many other birds of prey, one can only recognize the sex by size - the females are about one third larger....

[vc_row full_screen_section_height="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Aquila chrysaetos   Order: Birds of Prey (Accipitriformes) Family: Hawkweed (Accipitridae) Size: 80 – 100 cm Span: ca. 190 – 230 cm Weight: 2.800 – 6.700 g   The golden eagle is rightly considered by many to be the king of the skies. Despite his size, the golden eagle always looks very elegant and light in flight. As the most widespread representative of the genus Aquila, through centuries of being massively hunted, its territory is today very fragmented. Golden...