bird of prey

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Noun

bird of prey (plural birds of prey)

A carnivorous bird that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates.

Synonyms

raptor
See also Thesaurus:bird of prey

Translations

carnivorous bird

Arabic: طير جارح‎ (ṭa'ir jariḥ)
Bashkir: йыртҡыс ҡош (yïrtqïs qoš)
Bikol Central: wikwik
Chinese:
Mandarin: 猛禽 (zh) (měngqín)
Chuvash: çăткăн кайăк (çătkăn kajăk)
Czech: dravý pták
Danish: rovfugl (da)
Dutch: roofvogel (nl)
Faroese: ránfuglur m
Finnish: petolintu (fi)
French: oiseau de proie (fr) m, rapace (fr) m
Old French: oisel de proie m
German: Greifvogel (de) m, Raubvogel (de)
Greek: αρπακτικό πτηνό n (arpaktikó ptinó)
Hebrew: עוֹף דּוֹרֵס‎ m
Hungarian: ragadozó madár (hu)
Interlingua: ave de preda
Italian: rapace (it) m
Latvian: plēsējputns m

Luxembourgish: Gräifvull m
Macedonian: птица-грабливка f (ptica-grablivka), граблива птица f (grabliva ptica)
Mongolian: махчин шувуу (mahčin šuvuu)
Persian: اشکره‎ (fa) (eškare)
Polish: ptak drapieżny m
Portuguese: ave de rapina (pt) f
Quechua: aqchi, anka (qu) (Cuzco)
Romanian: pasăre de pradă (ro) f
Russian: хи́щная пти́ца f (xíščnaja ptíca)
Scottish Gaelic: eun-creiche m
Slovak: dravý vták m
Slovene: ptica roparica f
Spanish: ave de rapaz f, ave de rapiña (es) f
Swedish: rovfågel (sv) c
Tagalog: limbas
Tatar: ерткыч кош (ertkıç qoş)
Uyghur: يىرتقۇچ قۇش‎ (yirtquch qush)
Vietnamese: chim săn mồi
Welsh: aderyn ysglyfaethus (cy)
Westrobothnian: slægør m, spänning m

See also

Appendix: Animals
Category:Falconry

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