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. There are 62 species worldwide and 11 species which occur in Egypt. In Ancient Egyptian only one species is depicted as breeding in the Delta and called HrT (meaning unknown); just possibly the Kestrel is meant
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Saker Falcon Falco cherrug (A)
- Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus; Anc.E.g.: its hieroglyphic sign stands for the deity Hr Horus 'the One Far Up/High'
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Egypt
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