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Own every animal of the family Accipitridae.
Eagles, hawks and kites make up this large family of daytime birds of prey. Old World vultures belong to it too. They live on every continent except Antarctica. A hooked bill and strong talons suit them for hunting. Their sharp eyesight spots prey from far away. Females are often larger than males.
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Accipitridae
Accipiter badius · Least concern
The shikra is not a fussy hunter. This small hawk of Asia and Africa drops to the ground to feast on emerging winged termites, hunts small bats at dusk, and in rare cases even eats carrion. Its call is a sharp two-note "pee-wee", the second note longer.
Photo: Ravi Vaidyanathan (CC BY 2.5)
Accipitridae
Haliaeetus vocifer · Least concern
Its ringing cry is, for many, the very sound of Africa, and the naturalist Levaillant called it 'the vociferous one', which gave its scientific name, vocifer. It is the national bird of Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Photo: Mehmet Karatay (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Accipitridae
Haliaeetus leucocephalus · Least concern
The bald eagle builds the largest tree nests ever recorded for any animal: up to 4 m deep, 2.5 m wide and a tonne in weight. It is the national bird of the United States and appears on its seal.
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK (CC BY 2.0)
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