Bird of prey and may be raised to an order of their own, Cathartiiformes. The secretary bird and/or osprey are sometimes listed as subfamilies of Acciptridae: Sagittariinae and Pandioninae, respectively. Australia's letter-winged kite is a member of the family Accipitridae, although it is a nocturnal bird. The nocturnal birds of prey – the owls – are classified separately as members of two extant families of the order Strigiformes: Below is a simplified phylogeny of Telluraves which is the clade where the birds of prey belong to along with passerines and several near-passerine lineages. The orders in bold text are birds of prey orders;
Killing Birds Soavi, who had direted "Stage Fright" for him in 1987, to direct "Killing Birds" next. However, Soavi chose to direct "The Church" instead when "Lamberto Bava" decided not to do it as part of his "Demons" series. Soavi's assistant director on "Stage Fright", Claudio Lattanzi, was used as director for "Killing Birds". There are differing testimonies as to how D'Amato and Lattanzi shared in directing the film: The film was released theatrically in Italy through "DMV distribuzione" in 1988 under the English title "Killing Birds" and later on home video: on VHS by "Magnum 3B" under the title "Killing Birds: