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Condors are not raptors.
by retrac 5y ago
Condors are not raptors.
- SAI_Peregrinus 5y agoYes, they are. All the New-World Vultures (Cathartidae) are in the order Accipitriformes[1]. [1] Chesser, R. T., R. C. Banks, F. K. Barker, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, I. J. Lovette, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen Jr., J. D. Rising, D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker (2010). Fifty-first supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 127: 726–744.