Birds of prey

Sarcogyps calvus,Red-headed Vulture,,Indian Black Vulture

Features：Red head, neck and legs and white ruff are the distinguishing features

The black vulture, also known as the Red-headed Vulture, is a large bird of prey with no subspecies.The black vulture is bold and aggressive, often acting alone or in pairs. It usually does not fly in the early morning, but stands still on branches or rock peaks, quietly waiting for the sun to heat...

Gyps himalayensis,Himalayan Vulture,Yellow vulture

Features：It can fly over Mount Everest and is one of the highest flying birds in the world.

The Himalayan Vulture is a large bird of prey with no subspecies.The Himalayan Vulture is a resident bird. It often soars at an altitude of 6,000 meters, spends a long time in the air searching for animal carcasses or debris, and then lands to tear them apart after finding them. It is one of the hig...

Gyps bengalensis,White-rumped Vulture,White-rumped vulture, white-rumped vulture

Features：Its claws are not sharp, so it cannot catch prey alive, and its head and neck are completely exposed.

White-rumped vulture is a medium-sized vulture, which is only found in Asia and has no subspecies.White-rumped vulture is a gregarious animal that feeds on the ground or on rocky slopes, often in small groups. It is active during the day and rests in trees at night. The flight speed is generally 50...

Gyps indicus,Long-billed vulture, Indian vulture, long-billed vulture, painted vulture,Indian Vulture, Indian Griffon, Long-billed Griffon, Long-billed Vulture, Painted Vulture

Features：Nature's Cleaner

The Indian Vulture is the smallest species in the genus Vulture and has no subspecies.The Indian Vulture is a scavenger. Its main food is the carcasses of dead animals. It patrols over tropical savannas or human settlements in search of food. When it finds food, it moves out in groups. Most members...

Black Baza,Aviceda leuphotes

Features：The top of the head has a long, vertical blue-black crest

The Black-crowned Bazaar is a small to medium-sized bird of prey with four subspecies.The Black-crowned Bazaar often moves alone, sometimes in small groups of 3-5 or so. It often soars and hovers over the forest, occasionally flapping its wings and flying. It is very leisurely, and sometimes it move...

Aviceda jerdoni,Jerdon's Baza,Crested Eagle

Features：The top of the head has a long black crest consisting of 2-3 feathers, often standing vertically on the head with white tips.

Jerdon's Baza, also known as the Brown-crowned Cuckoo Falcon, is a medium-sized bird of prey with five subspecies.The Brown-crowned Cuckoo Falcon is a resident bird and does not migrate. Usually active alone, mainly during the day, especially in the morning and dusk, with a low call, soaring in...

Pernis ptilorhynchus,Oriental Honey-buzzard,Octagonal eagle, eagle-headed eagle, honey eagle, oriental honey eagle

Features：The sides of the head have short, hard, scaly feathers that are thick and dense.

Oriental Honey-buzzard is a medium-sized bird of prey with 6 subspecies.Some of the Crested Honey-buzzards are resident birds, while others are migratory birds, but both are relatively rare. Except for Hainan Island, all the birds distributed in China are summer migrants. They migrate here in spring...

Neophron percnopterus,Egyptian vulture,Egyptian vulture, Pharaoh's chicken, Egyptian vulture, scavenger vulture

Features：Eating feces to attract the attention of the opposite sex has cultural significance in many places

The Egyptian vulture is very large and has three subspecies.The white vulture is a gregarious bird. It often rises with the heat when flying. They eat a variety of foods, including mammal feces (especially human), insects, corpses, plants and small prey. Studies have shown that eating mammal feces h...

Gypaetus barbatus,Bearded Vulture,Bearded vulture, bearded vulture, bearded vulture, bearded vulture

Features：It is named after the black "beard" hanging under its mouth.

Bearded Vulture, also known as Bearded Vulture, has three subspecies.Bearded Vultures often move alone or in pairs, and rarely mix with other birds of prey. They often fly and soar slowly over the top of a mountain or hillside, with their heads hanging down and turning left and right from time to ti...

Elanus caeruleus,Black-winged Kite,Ash owl

Features：Blue-grey upper body, white lower body, yellow feet, black beak

Black-winged Kite is a small bird of prey with 5 subspecies.In most areas, black-winged kites are resident birds and do not migrate. In China, they are resident birds in Yunnan Province and summer migratory birds in Zhejiang, Guangxi, and Hebei. They arrive at their breeding grounds in April and May...

Wu Diao, Hua Diao, Tas, Wu Xiao Ni, Xiao Hua Zao Diao

Features：It lives in open wilderness areas during migration and is one of the most likely birds of prey to be spotted along the migration routes in eastern Asia.

The black eagle is a national first-class protected animal. Its body is dark brown, with a slight purple luster on its back. Its chin, throat and chest are dark brown, and the rest of its lower body is slightly lighter. The breeding season of the black eagle is from May to July. It nests on pine tre...

Black carving, flower carving, small flower soap carving

Features：The plumage is glossy black, with white rump and lower back.

The black eagle is a species of the genus Accipitridae. It often inhabits woodlands near grasslands and wetlands, and often hunts in flight or on the ground, preying on animals such as hyraxes, guinea fowls, monkeys, and hares. It builds nests on alpine rocks or trees, using branches and bark to bui...

Forest carving, tree carving, tree eagle

Features：It has excellent flying skills but is not good at singing.

The forest eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey and a Class II protected animal in China. It has superb flying skills and its large body can easily fly through the gaps between densely foliaged trees, which is amazing. It often hovers in the air, and sometimes its wave-like aerobatics can be seen, w...

White-tailed sea eagle, white-tailed eagle, yellow-billed eagle, sesame eagle

Features：The bark is loud, like that of a puppy or a black woodpecker.

The white-tailed sea eagle lives at an altitude of 2500-5300 meters. They often live alone or in pairs near rivers, estuaries, reservoirs, lakes, coasts, and islands. In winter, this species often forms a small group of several individuals to act in unison, hovering in the sky or standing still on t...

sparrowhawk, pine hawk, chest-wagging, sparrow thief, sparrowhawk

Features：Alert, timid and fearful

Sparrowhawks are secretive, alert, timid and difficult to observe. Once in the air, they become aggressive and aggressive, and like to provoke and drive away other birds and raptors. During the breeding season, many birds can be seen flying together. Their calls are quite iconic, a series of sharp c...

Brown-eared goshawk, Brown-eared sparrowhawk

Features：Sharp vision

The brown-eared hawk is much smaller than the goshawk. It often hovers in the open areas outside the forest area and on the plains, and sometimes gently flaps its wings. It has sharp vision. Once it finds prey in the forest or on the ground in the air, it will pounce at the speed of an arrow, grab t...

Crested Goshawk

Features：It likes to soar in the sky for a long time, and its wings often press down and shake when flying, which can be regarded as its iconic flying feature.

The Crested Owl is a medium-sized bird of prey. It is a resident bird. It is good at hiding and alert. It often hides in the leaves, and sometimes perches on isolated branches in the open. It is a sunrise bird. It mostly acts alone, flies slowly and not very high. Sometimes it uses the rising therma...

Red-bellied Hawk, Goose Hawk, Red-nosed Hawk, Pigeon Hawk

Features：The IUCN estimates that there are 400,000 to 1 million red-bellied eagles in the world, of which 270,000 to 670,000 are adults.

The red-bellied hawk is a small bird of prey with long, pointed wings. It is also called the pigeon hawk because it looks like a pigeon. It often moves alone or in small groups, and often rests on the tops of trees or telephone poles when resting. It mainly feeds on animal food such as frogs and liz...

Sparrowhawk, Yellow Hawk, Harrier Hawk

Features：Hawks are the best mouse catchers

The sparrowhawk is a common forest hawk and an expert in preying on small birds. The sparrowhawk flies quickly and at extremely high speeds, reaching hundreds of kilometers per hour. It flies powerfully and nimbly, and can fly skillfully between trees. It usually flaps its wings quickly for a while...

Red-legged Falcon

Features：Almost as big as a sparrow, it is one of the smallest birds of prey in the world

The red-legged falcon is a resident bird that likes to move in pairs. It is timid and has a thin and high-pitched call. It mainly feeds on small birds, frogs, lizards and insects. It often flaps its wings quickly to fly among the trees, occasionally gliding, or quietly perching on the tops of dead t...

White-legged falcon, falcon, panda bird

Features：It is about the same size as a sparrow, but can hunt prey several times larger than itself. It is known as the smallest bird of prey in the world.

The white-legged falcon is a resident bird, usually nesting in the abandoned holes of woodpeckers. It perches on the branches of tall trees to patrol prey. When waiting for prey, it often quietly perches on the tip of a protruding branch to wait for ground targets such as amphibians, reptiles, and i...