Raptors tend to catch people’s interest more than other species of birds, thanks to their sizes, amazing flights, and hunting techniques. Texas boasts of many species of preying birds in different habitats. There are owls, eagles, falcons, kites, hawks, and vultures inhabiting the state that mainly prey on doves, pigeons, grackles, and carrion. The pictures help in the easy identification of the species.
Texas Birds of Prey (TX)
List of Birds of Prey in Texas
Eagles
Bald Eagle Golden Eagle Steller’s Sea-Eagle Falcons
American Kestrel Aplomado Falcon Collared Forest Falcon Crested Caracara Gyrfalcon Merlin Peregrine Falcon Prairie Falcon Broad-winged Hawk Common Black Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Crane Hawk Ferruginous Hawk Gray Hawk Great Black Hawk Harris’s Hawk Northern Goshawk Northern Harrier Osprey Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Roadside Hawk Rough-Legged Buzzard Rough-legged Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Short-tailed Hawk Swainson’s Hawk White-tailed Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Kites
Double-toothed Kite Hook-billed Kite Mississippi Kite Snail Kite Swallow-tailed Kite White-tailed Kite Owls
Barn Owl Barred Owl Burrowing Owl Eastern Screech-Owl Elf Owl Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Flammulated Owl Great Horned Owl Long-eared Owl Northern Pygmy-Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Short-eared Owl Snowy Owl Spotted Owl Western Screech-Owl Vultures
Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Birds of Prey in Texas by Sizes
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Birds of Prey in Texas by Regions
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