Accipitridae
Bird family with 250 species
Species
African Cuckoo-Hawk
(Aviceda cuculoides)
African Fish Eagle
(Icthyophaga vocifer)
African Goshawk
(Aerospiza tachiro)
African Harrier-Hawk
(Polyboroides typus)
African Hawk-Eagle
(Aquila spilogaster)
African Marsh Harrier
(Circus ranivorus)
American Goshawk
(Astur atricapillus)
Andaman Serpent Eagle
(Spilornis elgini)
Augur Buzzard
(Buteo augur)
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
(Hieraaetus ayresii)
Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Barred Hawk
(Morphnarchus princeps)
Barred Honey Buzzard
(Pernis celebensis)
Bat Hawk
(Macheiramphus alcinus)
Bateleur
(Terathopius ecaudatus)
Bearded Vulture
(Gypaetus barbatus)
Beaudouin's Snake Eagle
(Circaetus beaudouini)
Bermuda Hawk
(Bermuteo avivorus)
Besra
(Tachyspiza virgata)
Bicolored Hawk
(Astur bicolor)
Black Baza
(Aviceda leuphotes)
Black Eagle
(Ictinaetus malaiensis)
Black Harrier
(Circus maurus)
Black Hawk-Eagle
(Spizaetus tyrannus)
Black Honey Buzzard
(Henicopernis infuscatus)
Black Kite
(Milvus migrans)
Black Sparrowhawk
(Astur melanoleucus)
Black-and-chestnut Eagle
(Spizaetus isidori)
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
(Spizaetus melanoleucus)
Black-breasted Buzzard
(Hamirostra melanosternon)
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
(Geranoaetus melanoleucus)
Black-chested Snake Eagle
(Circaetus pectoralis)
Black-collared Hawk
(Busarellus nigricollis)
Black-faced Hawk
(Leucopternis melanops)
Black-mantled Goshawk
(Tachyspiza melanochlamys)
Black-shouldered Kite
(Elanus axillaris)
Black-winged Kite
(Elanus caeruleus)
Blyth's Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus alboniger)
Bonelli's Eagle
(Aquila fasciata)
Booted Eagle
(Hieraaetus pennatus)
Brahminy Kite
(Haliastur indus)
Broad-winged Hawk
(Buteo platypterus)
Brown Goshawk
(Tachyspiza fasciata)
Brown Snake Eagle
(Circaetus cinereus)
Cape Vulture
(Gyps coprotheres)
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
(Aquila africana)
Chaco Eagle
(Buteogallus coronatus)
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus cirrhatus)
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk
(Aerospiza castanilius)
Chestnut-shouldered Goshawk
(Erythrotriorchis buergersi)
Chilean Hawk
(Astur chilensis)
Chinese Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza soloensis)
Cinereous Harrier
(Circus cinereus)
Cinereous Vulture
(Aegypius monachus)
Collared Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza cirrocephala)
Common Black Hawk
(Buteogallus anthracinus)
Common Buzzard
(Buteo buteo)
Congo Serpent Eagle
(Circaetus spectabilis)
Cooper's Hawk
(Astur cooperii)
Crane Hawk
(Geranospiza caerulescens)
Crested Eagle
(Morphnus guianensis)
Crested Goshawk
(Lophospiza trivirgata)
Crested Honey Buzzard
(Pernis ptilorhynchus)
Crested Serpent Eagle
(Spilornis cheela)
Crowned Eagle
(Stephanoaetus coronatus)
Cuban Black Hawk
(Buteogallus gundlachii)
Cuban Kite
(Chondrohierax wilsonii)
Dark Chanting Goshawk
(Melierax metabates)
Doria's Hawk
(Megatriorchis doriae)
Double-toothed Kite
(Harpagus bidentatus)
Dwarf Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza nanus)
Eastern Buzzard
(Buteo japonicus)
Eastern Chanting Goshawk
(Melierax poliopterus)
Eastern Imperial Eagle
(Aquila heliaca)
Eastern Marsh Harrier
(Circus spilonotus)
Egyptian Vulture
(Neophron percnopterus)
Eurasian Goshawk
(Astur gentilis)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
(Accipiter nisus)
European Honey Buzzard
(Pernis apivorus)
Ferruginous Hawk
(Buteo regalis)
Fiji Goshawk
(Tachyspiza rufitorques)
Flores Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus floris)
Forest Buzzard
(Buteo trizonatus)
Frances's Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza francesiae)
Gabar Goshawk
(Micronisus gabar)
Galapagos Hawk
(Buteo galapagoensis)
Golden Eagle
(Aquila chrysaetos)
Grasshopper Buzzard
(Butastur rufipennis)
Great Black Hawk
(Buteogallus urubitinga)
Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle
(Spilornis klossi)
Greater Spotted Eagle
(Clanga clanga)
Grey Goshawk
(Tachyspiza novaehollandiae)
Grey Hawk
(Buteo plagiatus)
Grey-backed Hawk
(Pseudastur occidentalis)
Grey-bellied Hawk
(Accipiter poliogaster)
Grey-faced Buzzard
(Butastur indicus)
Grey-headed Fish Eagle
(Icthyophaga ichthyaetus)
Grey-headed Goshawk
(Tachyspiza poliocephala)
Grey-headed Kite
(Leptodon cayanensis)
Grey-lined Hawk
(Buteo nitidus)
Griffon Vulture
(Gyps fulvus)
Gundlach's Hawk
(Astur gundlachi)
Gurney's Eagle
(Aquila gurneyi)
Harpy Eagle
(Harpia harpyja)
Harris's Hawk
(Parabuteo unicinctus)
Hawaiian Hawk
(Buteo solitarius)
Hen Harrier
(Circus cyaneus)
Henst's Goshawk
(Astur henstii)
Himalayan Buzzard
(Buteo refectus)
Himalayan Vulture
(Gyps himalayensis)
Hooded Vulture
(Necrosyrtes monachus)
Hook-billed Kite
(Chondrohierax uncinatus)
Imitator Goshawk
(Tachyspiza imitator)
Indian Spotted Eagle
(Clanga hastata)
Indian Vulture
(Gyps indicus)
Jackal Buzzard
(Buteo rufofuscus)
Japanese Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza gularis)
Javan Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus bartelsi)
Jerdon's Baza
(Aviceda jerdoni)
Lappet-faced Vulture
(Torgos tracheliotos)
Legge's Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus kelaarti)
Lesser Fish Eagle
(Icthyophaga humilis)
Lesser Spotted Eagle
(Clanga pomarina)
Letter-winged Kite
(Elanus scriptus)
Levant Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza brevipes)
Little Eagle
(Hieraaetus morphnoides)
Little Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza minulla)
Lizard Buzzard
(Kaupifalco monogrammicus)
Long-crested Eagle
(Lophaetus occipitalis)
Long-legged Buzzard
(Buteo rufinus)
Long-tailed Hawk
(Urotriorchis macrourus)
Long-tailed Honey Buzzard
(Henicopernis longicauda)
Long-winged Harrier
(Circus buffoni)
Madagascar Buzzard
(Buteo brachypterus)
Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk
(Aviceda madagascariensis)
Madagascar Fish Eagle
(Icthyophaga vociferoides)
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk
(Polyboroides radiatus)
Madagascar Serpent Eagle
(Eutriorchis astur)
Madagascar Sparrowhawk
(Accipiter madagascariensis)
Malagasy Harrier
(Circus macrosceles)
Mantled Hawk
(Pseudastur polionotus)
Martial Eagle
(Polemaetus bellicosus)
Meyer's Goshawk
(Astur meyerianus)
Mississippi Kite
(Ictinia mississippiensis)
Moluccan Goshawk
(Tachyspiza henicogramma)
Montagu's Harrier
(Circus pygargus)
Mountain Buzzard
(Buteo oreophilus)
Mountain Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus nipalensis)
Mountain Serpent Eagle
(Spilornis kinabaluensis)
New Britain Goshawk
(Tachyspiza princeps)
New Britain Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza brachyura)
Nicobar Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza butleri)
Northern Harrier
(Circus hudsonius)
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
(Spizaetus ornatus)
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
(Accipiter ovampensis)
Pacific Baza
(Aviceda subcristata)
Pale Chanting Goshawk
(Melierax canorus)
Pallas's Fish Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
Pallid Harrier
(Circus macrourus)
Palm-nut Vulture
(Gypohierax angolensis)
Papuan Eagle
(Harpyopsis novaeguineae)
Papuan Harrier
(Circus spilothorax)
Pearl Kite
(Gampsonyx swainsonii)
Philippine Eagle
(Pithecophaga jefferyi)
Philippine Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus philippensis)
Philippine Honey Buzzard
(Pernis steerei)
Philippine Serpent Eagle
(Spilornis holospilus)
Pied Goshawk
(Tachyspiza albogularis)
Pied Harrier
(Circus melanoleucos)
Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus pinskeri)
Plumbeous Hawk
(Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea)
Plumbeous Kite
(Ictinia plumbea)
Pygmy Eagle
(Hieraaetus weiskei)
Red Goshawk
(Erythrotriorchis radiatus)
Red Kite
(Milvus milvus)
Red-headed Vulture
(Sarcogyps calvus)
Red-necked Buzzard
(Buteo auguralis)
Red-shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus)
Red-tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza erythropus)
Reunion Harrier
(Circus maillardi)
Ridgway's Hawk
(Buteo ridgwayi)
Roadside Hawk
(Rupornis magnirostris)
Rough-legged Buzzard
(Buteo lagopus)
Rufous Crab Hawk
(Buteogallus aequinoctialis)
Rufous-bellied Eagle
(Lophotriorchis kienerii)
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
(Accipiter rufiventris)
Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza erythrauchen)
Rufous-tailed Hawk
(Buteo ventralis)
Rufous-thighed Kite
(Harpagus diodon)
Rufous-winged Buzzard
(Butastur liventer)
Rüppell's Vulture
(Gyps rueppelli)
Sanford's Sea Eagle
(Icthyophaga sanfordi)
Savanna Hawk
(Buteogallus meridionalis)
Scissor-tailed Kite
(Chelictinia riocourii)
Semicollared Hawk
(Microspizias collaris)
Semiplumbeous Hawk
(Leucopternis semiplumbeus)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
(Accipiter striatus)
Shikra
(Tachyspiza badia)
Short-tailed Hawk
(Buteo brachyurus)
Short-toed Snake Eagle
(Circaetus gallicus)
Slate-colored Hawk
(Buteogallus schistaceus)
Slaty-mantled Goshawk
(Tachyspiza luteoschistacea)
Slender-billed Kite
(Helicolestes hamatus)
Slender-billed Vulture
(Gyps tenuirostris)
Snail Kite
(Rostrhamus sociabilis)
Socotra Buzzard
(Buteo socotraensis)
Solitary Eagle
(Buteogallus solitarius)
Southern Banded Snake Eagle
(Circaetus fasciolatus)
Spanish Imperial Eagle
(Aquila adalberti)
Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza trinotata)
Spotted Harrier
(Circus assimilis)
Square-tailed Kite
(Lophoictinia isura)
Steller's Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus pelagicus)
Steppe Eagle
(Aquila nipalensis)
Sulawesi Goshawk
(Lophospiza griseiceps)
Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus lanceolatus)
Sulawesi Serpent Eagle
(Spilornis rufipectus)
Swainson's Hawk
(Buteo swainsoni)
Swallow-tailed Kite
(Elanoides forficatus)
Swamp Harrier
(Circus approximans)
Tawny Eagle
(Aquila rapax)
Tiny Hawk
(Microspizias superciliosus)
Upland Buzzard
(Buteo hemilasius)
Variable Goshawk
(Tachyspiza hiogaster)
Variable Hawk
(Geranoaetus polyosoma)
Verreaux's Eagle
(Aquila verreauxii)
Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk
(Tachyspiza rhodogaster)
Wahlberg's Eagle
(Hieraaetus wahlbergi)
Wallace's Hawk-Eagle
(Nisaetus nanus)
Wedge-tailed Eagle
(Aquila audax)
Western Banded Snake Eagle
(Circaetus cinerascens)
Western Marsh Harrier
(Circus aeruginosus)
Whistling Kite
(Haliastur sphenurus)
White Hawk
(Pseudastur albicollis)
White-backed Vulture
(Gyps africanus)
White-bellied Goshawk
(Tachyspiza haplochrous)
White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Icthyophaga leucogaster)
White-browed Hawk
(Leucopternis kuhli)
White-collared Kite
(Leptodon forbesi)
White-eyed Buzzard
(Butastur teesa)
White-headed Vulture
(Trigonoceps occipitalis)
White-necked Hawk
(Buteogallus lacernulatus)
White-rumped Hawk
(Parabuteo leucorrhous)
White-rumped Vulture
(Gyps bengalensis)
White-tailed Eagle
(Haliaeetus albicilla)
White-tailed Hawk
(Geranoaetus albicaudatus)
White-tailed Kite
(Elanus leucurus)
White-throated Hawk
(Buteo albigula)
Zone-tailed Hawk
(Buteo albonotatus)
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