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Falcon (Roger Wilmshurst/Photo Researchers, Inc.)

Falcon, common name for members of a genus containing 38 species of birds of prey, and for other species of the same family. They are characterized...

Caracara (Judd Cooney/Oxford Scientific Films)

Caracara, common name for eight species in four genera of American falcon that feed—like vultures—principally on carrion, as well as on insects and...

Falconry (Vatican Library, Rome/Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York)

Falconry, training of falcons or hawks to capture wild game or fowl for the hunter, and also the sport of hunting with these trained birds of prey;...

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- fast-flying bird of prey: a fast powerful bird of prey related to the hawk that often catches birds in flight.
- hawk trained to hunt: a female hawk that is trained to hunt small birds and animals

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Common Falcon (Tom McHugh/Photo Researchers, Inc.)

The Maltese Falcon (John Springer Collection/Corbis)

The Maltese Falcon

Peregrine Falcon (Eyal Bartov/Oxford Scientific Films)

Peregrine Falcon

Ringing a Falcon (Fred Whitehead/Animals Animals)

Ringing a Falcon

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