| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| the most famous of raptors; the national symbol of the USA | eagle | 91%
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| a medium-large raptor, which catches mostly fish with its fishhook-like claws | osprey | 91%
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| a nocturnal raptor with enormous eyes; can fly silently due to special feathers | owl | 91%
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| resembles the above, except with a shorter beak and longer wings | falcon | 82%
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| long tails, short broad wings, and sharp eyes | hawk | 82%
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| a mostly-terrestrial African raptor with long legs; famous for its powerful kick | secretary bird | 82%
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| notable for their diet, which consists almost entirely of dead or dying animals | vulture | 73%
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| very small; one of few birds who can hover | kite | 45%
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| a subgroup of falcons distinguished by their bright red-orange faces | caracara | 36%
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| another prehistoric family, this one being flightless. While not technically raptors, they might as well be, as their diet consisted of anything from large snakes to small horses | phorusrhacids/terror birds | 36%
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| another mostly-terrestrial raptor, this time from South America and often confused with the above | seriema | 27%
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| a prehistoric family of enormous opportunistic hunter/scavenger raptors, with some genera reaching a 16-foot wingspan | teratornithidae/teratorns | 27%
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