BIRD-EATING BIRDS

A number of hawks and falcons specialize in preying on birds, but many types of birds are more opportunistic, especially when it comes to baby birds.

African Finfoot

small bird in bill

African Finfoot      Podica senegalensis

Uganda, Lake Mburu

American Crow

scavenging dead Northern Flicker

American Crow      Corvus brachyrhynchos

USA; Illinois, Chicago, Cook Co.

American Kestrel

with song sparrow prey

American Kestrel      Falco sparverius

USA; Illinois, Chicago, Montrose Beach

Cattle Egret

eating Barn Swallow

Cattle Egret      Bubulcus ibis

USA; Florida, Dry Tortugas National Park, Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Monroe Co.

Cooper's Hawk

with mostly consumed avian prey

Cooper's Hawk      Accipiter cooperii

USA; Illinois, Chicago

Cooper's Hawk

European Starling in talons

Cooper's Hawk      Accipiter cooperii

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

preying on rock pigeon

Eurasian Sparrowhawk      Accipiter nisus

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

with bird

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl      Glaucidium brasilianum

USA; Texas, Rio Grande Valley

Great Black-backed Gull

trying to swallow pigeon carcass

Great Black-backed Gull      Larus marinus

USA; New York, Captree State Park, Long Is.

Great Blue Heron

eating Lesser Yellowlegs

Great Blue Heron      Ardea herodias

Greater Roadrunner

juvenile House Finch in bill

Greater Roadrunner      Geococcyx californianus

USA; California, Solvang, Santa Barbara Co.

Herring Gull

Rail in bill

Herring Gull      Larus argentatus

USA; New Jersey, Edwin B. Forsyth (Brigantine) NWR

Marabou Stork

taking flamingo carcass from jackal

Marabou Stork      Leptoptilos crumeniferus

Kenya, Nakuru National Park

Marabou Stork

taking off with Flamingo carcass, African Fish-Eagle Watching

Marabou Stork      Leptoptilos crumeniferus

Kenya, Nakuru National Park

Merlin

Feeding on dowitcher

Merlin      Falco columbarius

Peregrine Falcon

standing on prey, Rock Pigeon

Peregrine Falcon      Falco peregrinus

USA; New York, Jones Beach State Park, Long Is., Suffolk Co.

Peregrine Falcon

dragging recently killed Black-necked Stilt across water

Peregrine Falcon      Falco peregrinus

USA; California, Salton Sea NWR, Imperial Co.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

with prey - American Goldfinch

Sharp-shinned Hawk      Accipiter striatus

Canada; British Columbia, Penticton

Snowy Sheathbill

feeding on dead cormorant

Snowy Sheathbill      Chionis alba

Falkland Is., Bleaker Is.

Southern Gray Shrike

butchering songbird, wing in bill

Southern Gray Shrike      Lanius meridionalis

Oman, Dawkah

Southern Skua

2 birds eating penguin young

Southern Skua      Stercorarius antarctica

Falkland Is., Falkland Islands

Striated Caracara

2 birds eating dead Gentoo Penguin

Striated Caracara      Phalcoboenus australis

Falkland Is., New Island

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

swallowing bird leg

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl      Bubo lacteus