Venable Norma J. Birds of Prey

Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 1996. — 53 p. ASIN: B0006RW91A.
Owls, hawks, and hawklike birds including vultures, osprey, eagles, harriers, and falcons, are birds of prey. Birds of prey, especially hawks and their relatives, are also called raptors, a Latin word meaning “plunderer.”
Hawks belong to an order or group of birds with the scientific name Falconiformes. This order includes vultures, osprey, harriers, kites (southern hawks), accipiter and buteo hawks, eagles, and falcons.