Features of Halaal-Meat and Haraam-Meat Birds
Issue No. 2257- It is haram to eat the meat of birds with claws and also birds whose gliding is more than the flapping of their wings. However, those birds whose flapping while flying is more than their gliding are halal to eat including all kinds of pigeons, ring-doves and partridges but it is makrūh to eat the meat of hoopoes. Also, birds with a craw or spur on their foot are also halal to eat.