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definition of raptor

The term rapacious is a qualifying adjective that is used mostly in two very different senses, on the one hand, to those individuals who are inclined to criminal actions They are usually called raptors, or failing that, if it is a specific and unique criminal action or behavior, it will be said that it is raptor. His predatory action is his main problem to believe that he had nothing to do with the robbery.

And the other use that is given to the term appears in the zoology, since with him is designated those birds that include falconiform and strigiform orders. Therefore, everything proper and related to them will be classified as predatory. The eagle is a faithful exponent of a bird of prey.

Meanwhile, birds Raptors They are those birds that hunt their food through their curved, hard beak that ends in points and especially their claws, very, very sharp, will be the ones that act as prey in their captures.

Raptors are often distinguished in diurnal raptors and nocturnal raptors. Among the diurnal ones, the following stand out: eagle, osprey, goshawks, hawks, vultures of the old world, falcons, alcotanes, kestrels, merlin, secretary and vultures of the new world; and among the nocturnal ones: owls, owls and owls.

Falconry is the formal name given to the hunt through the birds of prey. The aforementioned is an activity that took place thousands of years ago, about 4 thousand approximately and was very common during the Middle Ages. Then, it was progressively diminishing, disappearing directly in the seventeenth century. While, Spanish environmentalist Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente , was the modern promoter of the aforementioned activity, in addition to being the world's leading expert on raptors.

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