This information is based on the Birds of Prey Traveling Scientist program from the Orange County Department of Education. Birds have many adaptations including flying, laying eggs, having a beak, and hollow bones. The adaptation that makes a bird a bird is feathers.
Birds of prey are animals that have adapted to hunting other animals.
Some people refer to birds of prey as raptors. Raptors are carnivores who feed on both endothermic and ectothermic vertebrates, as well as insects. Falconiformes include several different types of birds, including buteos, eagles, and accipiters. Owls are Strigiformes . Both orders have the same hunting equipment.