Raptor Flashcards
american kestrel
pale when seen from below and warm, rusty brown spotted with black above, with a black band near the tip of the tail. Males have slate-blue wings; females’ wings are reddish brown.
American White Pelican
pure white pelican
Bald Eagle
should be known
Barn Owl
white heart-shaped face and white chest with small brown spots. The back is tawny, marked with black and white spots.
Brown Pelican
brownish-gray bodies, and the head is bright yellow and white.
Burrowing Owl
small, sandy colored with bright-yellow eyes
California Gull
slate-gray back and wings, white head and body, and black wingtips with white spots. black wingtips. eye is dark, and its legs are greenish-yellow
Common Tern
white with black cap and black wingtips
double-crested Cormorant
black body. orange chin. whitish grey beak with hook on end.
Eastern Screech Owl
very short, stocky body, with a large head and almost no neck. Its wings are rounded; its tail is short and square. Pointed ear tufts. wood color body.
Ferruginous Hawk
rust colored
Golden Eagle
dark brown, with lighter golden-brown plumage on their heads and necks
Great Black-backed Gull
seagull with black back
Great Grey Owl
silvery gray overall, patterned with fine white, gray, and brown streaking and faint barring. yellow eyes shine through the fine gray-and-brown concentric circles of the facial disk. Two pale arcs form an “X” between the eyes.
Great Horned Owl
light gray to dark brown feathery ear tufts, white on throats
Merlin
slaty gray to dark gray; females and young are browner. The chest is usually heavily streaked and the under wings are dark.
Osprey
white head and belly with a distinctive brown eye-stripe. dark back
Peregrine Falcon
blue-grey back, white underparts, black head, yellow beak and talons
Red-Tailed Hawk
hawk with red tail, light brown to grey body, white underside.
Snowy Owl
black or brown markings on the body and wings. salt and pepper pattern on wings
