Falcon vs. Buzzard

Falconnoun

Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

Falconnoun

A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.

Falconnoun

(historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.

Falconverb

To hunt with a falcon or falcons.

Falconnoun

One of a family (Falconidæ) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.

Falconnoun

An ancient form of cannon.

Falconnoun

diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight

Falconverb

hunt with falcons;

Falconnoun

a bird of prey with long pointed wings and a notched beak, typically catching prey by diving on it from above.

Falconnoun

a female falcon, especially a peregrine.

Falcon

Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene.Adult falcons have thin, tapered wings, which enable them to fly at high speed and change direction rapidly.

Buzzardnoun

Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.

Buzzardnoun

(North America) Any scavenging bird such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).

Buzzardnoun

In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.

Buzzardnoun

(archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.

Buzzardnoun

A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.

Buzzardnoun

In the United States, a term used for the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), and sometimes indiscriminately to any vulture.

Buzzardnoun

A blockhead; a dunce.

Buzzardadjective

Senseless; stupid.

Buzzardnoun

common in South America and Central America and southern United States

Buzzardnoun

the common European short-winged hawk

Buzzard

Buzzard is the common name of several species of bird.