Ask for help for a list of Raptors of the World

[Lihu_Xiong]

I want to know how many raptors the world have now and what they are.
I think somebody here must have a list of English and Scientific name of all the raptors. I really appreciate your posting it .

Many thanks.

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Lihu,

There's a full World Bird List been posted for the Bird Forum Great Global Bird Count, go to the second item at this link:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mace.dexter/ggbc.htm

I presume you can find the raptors easily enough, even though the list is very long! (the list is in the Sibley-Munroe order)

Michael

[Michael Frankis]

Hi again Lihu,

On that list you want species 3318-3619 and also (New World Vultures) 3808-3814.

Note that several of the English names are American, not English, and may be unfamiliar.

Michael

[Charles Harper]

And why would the American names be more unfamiliar, Mr. Frankis?

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Charles,

Because China is part of the Old World, and UK English names tend to be the more widely used in the Old World (e.g. the MacKinnon & Phillipps Field Guide to the Birds of China mostly uses UK English names).

Added to which, I fear to say, several of the US-imposed names are very inaccurate, e.g. 'Cinereous Vulture' instead of Eurasian Black Vulture, for Aegypius monachus - this bird is black in colour, not cinereous (pale grey).

Michael

[Lihu_Xiong]

Thanks, Micheal.

I will revise the English name with the widely used one in China myself.

This time I got a ospery in my birds list. So I want to know how about the world raptors. The list you introduced is helpful. Thanks.

Lihu