REPTILE-EATING BIRDS
Reptiles are popular prey items for a wide variety of birds, but only a few raptors are truly reptile specialists.
Black Vulture
foraging on dead sea-turtle, bill in eye socket
Black Vulture      Coragyps atratus
Black Vulture
eating dead alligator
Black Vulture      Coragyps atratus
USA; Florida, Everglades National Park, Monroe Co.Crested Caracara
2 birds with snake (Western Coachwhip)
Crested Caracara      Caracara cheriway
USA; Texas, Las Colmenas Ranch, near McCook, Hidalgo Co.Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
with lizard
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl      Glaucidium brasilianum
USA; Texas, Rio Grande Valley, Willacy Co.Great Blue Heron
eating baby alligator
Great Blue Heron      Ardea herodias
USA; Florida, Everglades N.P., Anhinga TrailGreat Blue Heron
snake in bill
Great Blue Heron      Ardea herodias
Great Egret
lizard in bill, skink
Great Egret      Ardea alba
Greater Roadrunner
spiny lizard Sceloporus in bill
Greater Roadrunner      Geococcyx californianus
Greater Roadrunner
with lizard in bill
Greater Roadrunner      Geococcyx californianus
USA; California, Anza-Borrego State ParkGull-billed Tern
with anolis lizard in bill
Gull-billed Tern      Gelochelidon nilotica
USA; Florida, Alafia Bank, Tampa BayHarris's Hawk
with Ruthven's Whipsnake(Masticophis schotti ruthveni)
Harris's Hawk      Parabuteo unicinctus
USA; Texas, Las Colmenas Ranch, near McCook, Hidalgo Co.Herring Gull
2nd year bird with diamondback terrapin in beak - later escaped, Malaclemys terrapin
Herring Gull      Larus argentatus
USA; New Jersey, Delaware BayHood Mockingbird
turtle egg in bill
Hood Mockingbird      Nesomimus macdonaldi
Laughing Kookaburra
eating a legless lizard
Laughing Kookaburra      Dacelo novaeguineae
Loggerhead Shrike
Texas horned toad in bill
Loggerhead Shrike      Lanius ludovicianus
USA; Texas, Forshage Ranch, EdinburgNorthern Pygmy-Owl
Eastern fence lizard in beak
Northern Pygmy-Owl      Glaucidium gnoma
USA; Colorado, Jefferson Co.Pygmy Falcon
lizard in bill
Pygmy Falcon      Polihierax semitorquatus
Namibia, Kalahari Gemsbok National ParkRoadside Hawk
With lizard prey in bill
Roadside Hawk      Buteo magnirostris
Short-toed Snake Eagle
at nest, snake in bill
Short-toed Snake Eagle      Circaetus gallicus
Turkey Vulture
with road-killed turtle
Turkey Vulture      Cathartes aura
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
head-shot, small Painted Turtle in bill
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron      Nyctanassa violacea
USA; New York, Jamaica Bay NWR, Big John's Pond, QueensWe value your feedback: Suggest additional terms or information