Caracaras and Falcons
Order: Falconiformes. Family: Falconidae
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their feet.
- Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus
- Northern Caracara Caracara cheriway
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
- Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus (A)
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Belize
Famous quotes containing the word falcons:
“Thus piteously Love closed what he begat:
The union of this ever-diverse pair!
These two were rapid falcons in a snare,
Condemned to do the flitting of the bat.”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)