Two new birds of prey : Peregrine Falcon and Bald Eagle from Papo

Please allow me the pleasure to introduce two more new wild birds from Papo this year

First a bit about the names of the species :

In the catalogue Papo calls the eagle "sea eagle"in English and "Seeadler" in German, which is a translation from French ( and Danish too )  : white headed sea eagle.
The name in English is Bald eagle, - but I sort of like the Papo-name better, because the poor birdie is not bald at all  

Papo calls the small bird "Hawk" in English, "Falke" in German.
It looks to me to be what is usually called a Common buzzard. But In some places these are called Hawks.
Even if I know the names I Danish, I have aways found it difficult to understand why some are called hawks, and some are called Buzzard.
Looking in Wikipedia it seems that I am not alone  

Well, now to the models from Papo  

Here they are together, a bit confused after all the traveling  
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The elegant Buzzard :
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Here he found friends from CollectA and Schleich
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The powerful eagle :
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Discussing the situation with cousins from Safari ( left) and Schleich (Right)  
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Gorgeous <3 Thanks for sharing I just love the bald eagle

Phantastic bird models :)

Absolutely stunning. Congrats!

Gorgeous eagle! Congrats, Susanne
Now I'm sure that this one will find a place in my wishlist
The buzzard looks interesting, but not really detailed

Papo is a great brand, no doubts about it. Though, it continues not being a species oriented brand and there's no reasons for that. We know that animals appeared as a complement to their historical figures but now animal collections are enough extensive to deserve more atention.
Sea eagle is a generic name to several species of Haliaeetus genus, according to Wikipedia, this name is often used to the white-tailed eagle. No needing of generic name, we are seeing a bald eagle here, French call it white-headed eagle so it could be clearer.
About hawks and buzzards. These names are used to several birds of prey in a non scientific way, they have even different use in different English talking countries.
So, when we talk here about a buzzard we are more taling about birds of Buteo genus although North American call them hawks!
Well, it is not a common buzzard for me, it is just a peregrine falcon, I guess. The name in French is exactly the same, so again I am not understanding why Papo keeps ambiguous.
In your comparison pictures, you're actually showing them with other figures representing the same species.
Only a little criticism to this fabulous double walk around. The only thing better than a double walk around is a pair of topics with single walk arounds.

Very beautiful. Thanks.

WOW

I must say this eagle is stunning Congrats :)

Thank you for walk around Susanne! They are very nice and the photos are great!

I agree with Roger about the species, the smaller one must be a Peregrine Falcon and not a Common Buzzard. It would be great though if any of the modern companies would made Common Buzzard, as these birds are probably the most common birds of prey in Europe and are easiest to spot too. The peregrine falcons were made by 3 of the major brands in recent years yet a buzzard only once by Schleich few years ago in a series of birds of prey (sadly, these are discontinued). So a nice come back of this species would be fantastic especially if the painting was less boring then uniform brownish grey of schleich buzzard. One like this would be nice:

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Anyway the new Papo falcon is beautiful and I think I will need it to my collection too The bald eagle is nice but I already have too many Bald Eagles models.

Thank you again for walk around!

Ana wrote:

It would be great though if any of the modern companies would made Common Buzzard, as these birds are probably the most common birds of prey in Europe and are easiest to spot too. The peregrine falcons were made by 3 of the major brands in recent years yet a buzzard only once by Schleich few years ago in a series of birds of prey (sadly, these are discontinued). So a nice come back of this species would be fantastic especially if the painting was less boring

I agree with you, though there is currently a common buzzard in Bullyland range.
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Oh, that's interesting I didn't know that Bullyland has one in their range, great! Thank you for info Roger

I think it's quite nice. The paint work is better than on Schleich one but I think I still prefer Schleich because it's sculpted more beautifully.

Yes, Bullyland made a fantastic series of Birds of Pray and other birds too, before all the hustle with new owners Bullyland wild birds series .

They even had a condor ! And a red kite !
There is a pair of red kite living somwhere near my house, they are SO beautyful and elegant

You're welcome Anna and Susanne, I have the condor from you and also the red kite allong with several other from this wonderful series.

Congrats Susanne! I love your bold eagle!