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website updated May 2008

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Check out facts about raptors, discover the different species, their location, habits, prey and differences between the species.

Enter the raptor pages and discover a few members of each species.
We have chosen both endemic, resident, vagrant and migrant species to give you an overall view of the raptors found in Southern Africa.
Click on species name to enter gallery pages.

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Check out facts about raptor, beaks, calls, talons and wings, the tools they use to assist them in survival :

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Here are some interesting facts from the world of raptors:

:: DID YOU KNOW ::

Birds of prey see at least six times better than humans.
Some birds of prey see in ultra violet.
A bird of preys skull has little room for a brain as 65% of the
space is taken up by its eyes.
Birds of prey tighten their feet on their prey using a system
within their feet very similar to the ratchet of a cars handbrake.
Birds of prey very seldom drink water as the moisture they
need they get from their prey.
An eagle the size of a Black Eagle can live to be fifty to sixty years of age.
Most birds of prey spend around 95% of the day resting and snoozing.
75% of birds of prey die in their first year due to accidents or starvation.
Most eagles and falcons mate with one partner for life.
Within most species of birds of prey the female is always larger and more
dominant than the male.

:: THREATS TO RAPTORS ::

The threats faced by birds of prey are hunting, habitat destruction, pollution, poisoning and human structures and disturbances.

CASUALTIES

Bateleur

Brown Snake Eagle

Peregrine Falcon

Cape Vulture