Birds of prey
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Birds of prey
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014346
- info:lc/authorities/sh85014346
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85014346#concept
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Variants
- Predatory birds
- Prey, Birds of
- Raptores
- Raptorial birds
- Raptors
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Sources
- found: Web. 3 (raptor: also raptore, a bird of the order Raptores: bird of prey. Raptorial: of or relating to the Raptores)
- found: Wikipedia, Mar. 21, 2008 (A Bird of Prey, or Raptor, is a bird that hunts for food primarily on the wing, using its keen senses, especially vision; the talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh. Diurnal birds of prey traditionally belong to the order Falconiformes; the New World vultures (in order Ciconiiformes) are usually also regarded as birds of prey; nocturnal birds of prey - the owls - are not classified with either of the aforementioned taxa but are instead considered to be members of two extant families - the Strigidae (typical owls) and the Tytonidae (barn and bay owls) - of the order Strigiformes)
LC Classification
- QL677.78
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2008-05-01: revised
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