Birds of Prey Word Search
Birds of prey catch food with their feet rather than their beaks, which is why their talons are so heavy and curved. Hunting birds and the words that go with them are collected here, and the names get less familiar as you go.
Birds of Prey word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- buzzard
- condor
- eagle
- falcon
- hawk
- kite
- osprey
- owl
- talon
- vulture
Birds of Prey word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- buzzard
- condor
- eagle
- falcon
- gyrfalcon
- harrier
- hawk
- kestrel
- kite
- merlin
- osprey
- owl
- peregrine
- talon
- vulture
Birds of Prey word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- buzzard
- caracara
- condor
- eagle
- falcon
- griffon
- gyrfalcon
- harpy
- harrier
- hawk
- hobby
- kestrel
- kite
- merlin
- osprey
- owl
- peregrine
- saker
- talon
- vulture
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Words in the Birds of Prey word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- owl
- Mostly night hunter with soft feathers for quiet flight.
- eagle
- Large raptor with broad wings and powerful gripping feet.
- hawk
- Sharp-eyed hunter with short rounded wings for quick turns.
- falcon
- Fast raptor with pointed wings built for open-air chases.
- vulture
- Feeds mainly on dead animals it finds from the air.
- talon
- The curved claw a raptor uses to seize prey.
- kite
- Light raptor that soars and twists with a forked tail.
- osprey
- Fish hunter that plunges feet first into the water.
- condor
- Very large vulture of the Andes and western America.
- buzzard
- Broad-winged hawk often seen circling over farmland.
- kestrel
- Small falcon that hovers in place while watching for voles.
- harrier
- Slim raptor that quarters low over fields and marshes.
- merlin
- Small dashing falcon that chases little birds in flight.
- peregrine
- Reaches over 200 mph in its hunting dive.
- gyrfalcon
- Largest falcon, a bird of Arctic coasts and tundra.
- caracara
- Long-legged falcon relative that often walks on the ground.
- griffon
- Big pale vulture that nests on cliffs in Europe and Asia.
- harpy
- Huge rainforest eagle that hunts monkeys and sloths.
- hobby
- Slender falcon that catches dragonflies on the wing.
- saker
- Large desert falcon of eastern Europe and central Asia.
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