Statistics for Birds-of-prey

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
the most famous of raptors; the national symbol of the USA	eagle	83%
resembles the above, except with a shorter beak and longer wings	falcon	83%
long tails, short broad wings, and sharp eyes	hawk	83%
a medium-large raptor, which catches mostly fish with its fishhook-like claws	osprey	83%
a nocturnal raptor with enormous eyes; can fly silently due to special feathers	owl	83%
a mostly-terrestrial African raptor with long legs; famous for its powerful kick	secretary bird	67%
notable for their diet, which consists almost entirely of dead or dying animals	vulture	67%
very small; one of few birds who can hover	kite	50%
another prehistoric family, this one being flightless. While not technically raptors, they might as well be, as their diet consisted of anything from large snakes to small horses	phorusrhacids/terror birds	50%
a subgroup of falcons distinguished by their bright red-orange faces	caracara	33%
another mostly-terrestrial raptor, this time from South America and often confused with the above	seriema	33%
a prehistoric family of enormous opportunistic hunter/scavenger raptors, with some genera reaching a 16-foot wingspan	teratornithidae/teratorns	17%