Posts Tagged ‘Accipitriformes’

• Western Osprey

  Jul 5 | Ospreys | Little Stint | 91 Views | with No Comments

  The Western Osprey – Pandion haliaetus, is a large fish eating diurnal raptor of the Family Pandionidae and the Order Accipitriformes. It is widespread across most continents of the world, except Antarctica where it is...

• Himalayan Griffon Vulture

  Jun 22 | Vultures | Little Stint | 723 Views | with No Comments

  Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) is one of the largest Old World vultures and is native to the Himalayas and the adjoining Tibetan Plateau. Its habitat is in the higher regions of the Himalayas and the surround...

• Vultures

  Jun 22 | Vultures | Little Stint | 868 Views | with No Comments

  Vultures – Natures Rubbish Collectors who never Strike are part of the Family – Accipitridae  and the Order – Accipitriformes Vulture – wikipedia.orgVultures – Nature’s Rubbish Collectors...

• Oriental honey-buzzard

  Jun 22 | Honey-buzzards | Little Stint | 696 Views | with No Comments

  Oriental honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) is a medium sized raptor of the Family Accipitridae. Unusually for raptors they feed largely on the larvae and honey of bees and wasps, see video below. They are found across central...

• Lappet-faced Vulture

  Jun 20 | Vultures | Little Stint | 868 Views | with No Comments

  Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos), is a very large vulture of the Family Accipitridae. It is sporadically distributed over much of Africa and the more mountainous regions of southern Arabia. In the AWB Region it occurs...

• Cinereous Vulture

  Jun 20 | Vultures | Little Stint | 884 Views | with No Comments

  Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus), is a very large raptor of the Family Accipitridae. It is found widely dispersed over the mountainous regions of Eurasia, extending from Portugal across southern Europe, the more Temperate...

• Egyptian Vulture

  Jun 20 | Vultures | Little Stint | 926 Views | with No Comments

  Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), is a small vulture of the Family Accipitridae. It is a summer breeder across SW Europe and the Maghreb, and also from SE Europe, the Levant, to SW Asia and into India. In winter these...

• White-rumped Vulture

  Jan 8 | Vultures | Little Stint | 2395 Views | with No Comments

  White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis), is a medium sized vulture of the Family Accipitridae. It is native to the Oriental Region, but in the AWB Region it occurs in SE Iran. In India it has recently suffered a catastrophic...

• Levant Sparrowhawk

  Jan 8 | Sparrowhawks | Little Stint | 2390 Views | with No Comments

  Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes), is a small hawk of the Family Accipitridae. It is a summer migrant to SE Europe and SW Asia. In the AWB Region it is a summer visitor to Turkey, the S Caucasus, N Iraq and N Iran. It...

• Eurasian Sparrowhawk

  Jan 8 | Sparrowhawks | Little Stint | 2341 Views | with No Comments

  Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known traditionally as the sparrowhawk, is a small Raptor of the Family Accipitridae. It has a huge range right across Eurasia being resident in Western Europe and a summer migrant in...