1. However, raptorial birds are often aggressively attacked during the nesting season. 2. As a large raptorial bird , the black kite has few natural predators. 3. There are reports of Verreaux's eagle-owls attacking even larger raptorial birds . 4. In the Palearctic, the golden eagle co-exists with several other large raptorial birds called eagles. 5. The relationship between great horned owls and other raptorial birds in its range is usually decidedly one-sided. 6. Outside of the accipitrid group, heavy predation on different varieties of raptorial birds by northern goshawks can continue unabated. 7. The crowned eagle is perhaps the only extant raptorial bird which has been believed to attack human children as prey. 8. Blue-headed vireos have also been known to nest close to nesting raptorial birds that do not prey on them. 9. Some linkage has been made between forest-dwelling habits and having a curious and edgy disposition amongst various raptorial birds . 10. The predatory effect of this species on other raptorial birds , which is often considerable, is explored in the following section.
