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Here’s what comes most readily to hand. . ..

http://checklist.aou.org/taxa/



Well, perhaps, though I’m not as active a birder as I used to be so not up on the latest birding jargon. In general, raptor—diurnal or nocturnal—is much more commonly heard in birding circles here than bird of prey which is hardly ever used.

We'd abbreviate 'bird of prey to' 'BoP' but would also use raptor but never in relation to an Owl.
 
Here’s a Wikipedia article on the new bird of prey taxonomy—

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_prey

The takeaeway line for me and I quote...

'The nocturnal birds of prey – the owls – are classified separately as members of two extant families of the order Strigiformes:

They are still not being called raptors but birds of prey which was never at odds and most Europeans don't recognise them as raptors regardless of the science.

Who is that page by, no accreditations or citations?
 
Here’s what comes most readily to hand. . ..

http://checklist.aou.org/taxa/




Well, perhaps, though I’m not as active a birder as I used to be so not up on the latest birding jargon. In general, raptor—diurnal or nocturnal—is much more commonly heard in birding circles here than bird of prey which is hardly ever used.

The reordering of a list could be purely convenience, not saying it is but I want to see the justification for it?

When was this order changed?
 
The reordering of a list could be purely convenience, not saying it is but I want to see the justification for it?

When was this order changed?

For the Strigiformes/Accipitriformes connection see—
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop723.htm

For the falcon/parrot connection google “falcons related to parrots?”—you’ll get lots of hits.

And that, my friend, is all the spoon-feeding you’ll get from me on this topic. ;)
 
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For the Strigiformes/Accipitriformes connection see—
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop723.htm

For the falcon/parrot connection google “falcons related to parrots?”—you’ll get lots of hits.

And that, my friend, is all the spoon-feeding you’ll get from me on this topic. ;)

Makes sense moving Owls closer to raptors for practicality in book form as would, for a lot of people, placing Swifts near Swallows but that's another matter yet they'll further mess the books up by putting Falcons next to Parrots.

I'll be interested to see what the authors do with this order.
 
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