The Crested Eagle is an elusive bird of prey found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. They are skilled hunters, preying on medium-sized arboreal mammals such as monkeys, sloths, ...

Birds of prey are apex predators ... Some populations winter in South America and breed in the Arctic tundra. This species has one of the longest migrations of any North American bird.

Great horned owls are adaptable birds and live from the Arctic to South America. They are at home ... They sometimes swallow their prey whole and later regurgitate pellets composed of bone ...

Reviewed Work: Notes on Little Known Species of South American Birds with Descriptions of New Subspecies by Charles B. Cory Review by: W. S.

plentiful of prey, and various ecosystems for wildlife to live in. Running through the rainforest in the northern portion of South America is the Amazon river. Although it’s disputed if the ...

One of the world's fastest birds; in power-diving from great heights to strike prey, the Peregrine may possibly reach ... All bird guide text and rangemaps adapted from Lives of North American Birds ...

Both birds are threatened by hunting and habitat destruction. The southern helmeted curassow is Bolivia’s most threatened bird. The species inhabits only a small area in the eastern Andes Mountains, ...

part of an ongoing southward expansion in the Americas of a virus that is hitting birds, with some jumps to mammals, in multiple world regions. In South America, Argentina's agriculture ministry ...

Found almost throughout North America and much of South America is this big owl. Aggressive and powerful in its hunting (sometimes known by nicknames such as 'tiger owl'), it takes prey as varied as ...