This website is designed to provide easier identification of Croatian birds of prey. High resolution scans typically illustrate dorsal surfaces of primary, secondary and tail feathers. Ventral wiew is provided in species where patterns are different from upper (dorsal) surface (e.g., in European Eagle Owl).
Feather atlas is ongoing project and will be continually add new scans.
![]() Data on scanned feathers include type of feather (primary, secondary, tail), species (english, latin and croatian name), age (immature, adult, unknown), wiew (dorsal, ventral) sex (male, female, unknown), measurement of feathers length ( in centimeters) and accession number in the USC animal forensic lab collection. |
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Euroasian buzzard
European Eagle owl
Golden eagle
Goshawk
Honey buzzard
Kestrel
Peregrine falcon
Red footed falcon
Saker falcon
Scops owl
Sparowhawk
Ural owl
Long eared owl