birds of prey

Birds of prey

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Wild PandionAn Osprey

Birds of prey
 
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia 
Phylum: Chordata 
Class: Aves
 
Orders
Accipitriformes: Pandionidae, Accipitridae, Sagittariidae
Falconiformes: Falconidae

Wildfowl and waders

English

Mute Swan

The typical image of migration is of northern landbirds such as swallows and birds of prey making long flights to the tropics. Many northern-breeding ducks, geese and swans are also long-distance migrants, but need only to move from their arctic breeding grounds far enough south to escape frozen waters.

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