Description Life span: Up to 20- 25 years A large diurnal bird of prey, the Steller sea eagle is also known as the Pacific sea eagle or the white-shouldered eagle. With white wings and a tail, a yellow beak, and yellow talons, it has dark brown feathers overall. The Steller sea-eagle is typically simple to […]
Description Life span: Up to 10 years The spotted owl has a broad, round head and no ear tufts. With a short tail and broad, rounded wings. Dark-brown in color with white splotches, spotted owls have spots. The tummy and breast are covered with large, oval white patches. An X-shaped pattern of pale marks on
Description Life span: Up to 10 years The snowy owl is primarily white in color. Compared to predatory species like polar bears and Arctic foxes, they have whiter coats. When observed in the field, these owls frequently resemble a white rock or a piece of snow on the ground. The majority of the time, it
Description Life span: Up to 5 years Sharp-shinned hawks have deeper coloring on the crest and upper regions that range in hue from slate to bluish-gray. Their small, rounded wings are black on top and light on bottom, and their underparts are white with brown bars. Females have darker upper bodies and fewer bands on
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Description Life span: Up to 10-25 years Saker falcons have vast wingspans and are strong, large birds of prey. Their feathers can range in color from almost pure white to pale sand with brown bars or streaks. Young birds are darker and more strongly streaked than adults, who are similar in size to both sexes.
Description Life span: Up to 12 years in captivity, 28 years in wild The brick-colored tails of red-tailed hawks are well-known, yet there are more than a dozen subspecies of these birds with different coloration, and not all of them have this trait. Red hawks and buzzard hawks are other names for these raptors. By
Description Life span: Adult Red-shouldered Hawks are distinguished by their brownish heads, reddish chests, and light bellies with reddish bars. By Buteo standards, their tails are quite lengthy and patterned with thin white bars. The crimson “shoulders” of the birds are evident when they are perched. These hawks have long yellow legs and dark upper
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Description Life span: Up to 24-26 years A broad forked tail and long dihedral wings help this beautiful bird soar as it changes directions. The torso, upper tail, and wing coverts are all colored rufous. The black wing tips and dark secondary feathers contrast sharply with the white primary flying feathers. With the exception of
Description Life span: Up to 17 years Warm-colored, gray-brown (also referred to as “sandy”) above, and pale with some dark mottling below, the prairie falcon has warm plumage. The darkest area of the upper side is the major wing feathers, while the lightest area is the rump and tail, especially the outer tail feathers. a
Description Life span: Up to 30-60 years Long, brown feathers that resemble a mane crown the Philippine eagle’s neck. The eagle has a creamy-brown neck and crown with a black face. The underside and underwings of the Philippine eagle are white, while its back is dark brown. The prominent, sizable, high-arched, deep beak is a