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n. - A family of birds of the order of chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe.

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  • The Crested Cara-Cara, a member of the Falconidae family, is common throughout the country.
  • The reserve hosts some 85 species of palaearctic passage and overwintering migrants, particularly herons Ardeidae, birds of prey Accipitridae and Falconidae, waders...
  • Peregrines are a bird of prey (raptor) and part of the Falconidae (falcon) family.
  • Falconidae have only modest talons on each digit and only slightly enlarged D-I and II.
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