general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)

(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey

vulture; condor

falcon

Black Hawk (helicoper)

male eagle; tercel

eagle

(bird species of China) Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

griffon vulture

nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)

see 鷹鵰|鹰雕[ying1 diao1]

(bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

name used for many fishing birds; cormorant; osprey

(bird species of China) crested goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus)

(bird species of China) besra (Accipiter virgatus)

(bird species of China) savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)

(bird species of China) European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

bald eagle

(bird species of China) shikra (Accipiter badius)

(bird species of China) Chinese sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis)

(bird species of China) Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus)

(bird species of China) crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)

(bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)

(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)

(bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis)

see 鷹鵰|鹰雕[ying1 diao1]

(bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)

(bird species of China) Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)

(bird species of China) rufous-winged buzzard (Butastur liventer)

(bird species of China) grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus)

(bird species of China) white-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa)

you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom); one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed