Translation for 'bird of prey' from English to Russian

bird of prey

хищная птица {ж}орн.T

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species of bird

вид {м} птицорн.

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greater bird-of-paradise

большая райская птица {ж} [Paradisaea apoda]орн.T

lesser bird-of-paradise

малая райская птица {ж} [Paradisaea minor]орн.T

standardwing bird-of-paradise

вымпеловая райская птица {ж} [Semioptera wallacii]орн.T

prey

добыча {ж} [хищника] [тж. перен.]

bird

птица {ж}зоол.T

resident (bird)

оседлая птица {ж}орн.

sedentary bird

оседлая птица {ж}орн.

nonmigratory bird

оседлая птица {ж}орн.

bird [attr.]

птичий {adj}

bird species

вид {м} птицорн.

bird family

семейство {с} птицорн.

bird dog

unverified легавая собака {ж}зоол.

secretary bird

птица-секретарь {ж}зоол.T

migrant (bird)

перелётная птица {ж}орн.

bird food

птичий корм {м}орн.

(small) bird

птаха {ж} [разг.] [птичка]

migratory bird

перелётная птица {ж}орн.

bird cherry

черёмуха {ж} (обыкновенная) [Prunus padus]бот.T

raptorial bird

хищная птица {ж}орн.T

• The common kestrel ("Falco tinnunculus") is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae.
• It depicts the royal kite or "ictinus" – a play on the architect's name – not as a noble bird of prey but as a scavenger stealing sacrifices from the gods and money from men.
• Montagu's harrier ("Circus pygargus") is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. Its common name commemorates the British naturalist George Montagu.
• It is normally connected with either death or as a bird of prey.
• The name is derived from kite, the hovering bird of prey.

• A harrier is any of the several species of diurnal hawks sometimes placed in the subfamily Circinae of the bird of prey family Accipitridae.
• In Phrygian art of the 8th century BC, the cult attributes of the Phrygian mother-goddess include the attendant lions, a bird of prey, and a small vase for her libations or other offerings.
• The roc is an enormous legendary bird of prey in the popular mythology of the Middle East.
• A talon is the claw of a bird of prey, its primary hunting tool.
• Many experts, such as the Hawk Board, deny that any bird of prey can reasonably be used in the British countryside to kill a fox which has been flushed by (and is being chased by) a pack of hounds.

• Following the RSPB's publication of "Peak Malpractice", a 2006 report highlighting wildlife crime, the Peak District Bird of Prey Initiative was set up in 2011 by conservationists and shooting bodies to try to boost populations of birds of prey.
• Peter Tyson suggests that there is a correlation between the name of the piece and the word "rukh", a mythical giant bird of prey from Persian mythology.
• The Federation "Steamrunner"-class, the Klingon "Chuq'Beh"-class Bird of Prey, the Romulan "Raptor"-class Warbird, and the Borg Harbinger are all capable of using them.
• In the film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier", a Klingon Bird-of-Prey destroys "Pioneer 10" as target practice.
• Eagles are not a natural group but denote essentially any kind of bird of prey large enough to hunt sizeable (about 50 cm long or more overall) vertebrates.

• A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including Condors).
• The origins of "osprey" are obscure; the word itself was first recorded around 1460, derived via the Anglo-French "ospriet" and the Medieval Latin "avis prede" "bird of prey," from the Latin "avis praedae" though the Oxford English Dictionary notes a connection with the Latin "ossifraga" or "bone breaker" of Pliny the Elder.