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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Birds > Raptors > Falconiformes > Hawks

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Hawks  

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Scope note

  • Common name for many members of the FALCONIFORMES order, family Accipitridae, generally smaller than EAGLES, and containing short, rounded wings and a long tail.

History note

  • 2005; use RAPTORS 1999-2004

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D046428

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