Accipitridae
The Accipitridae is one of the two main families
within the order Falconiformes (the diurnal birds of prey). Many well-known birds like hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures are included in this group. (Most, but not all, other raptors belong to the Falconidae, or falcon family, which is often raised to the level of an independent
order.)
Largely because of the explosive impact of modern molecular biology, the current classification of the Accipitridae is
confused, with different authorities placing them in different orders. The Osprey is
often placed in a separate family Pandionidae, and the New World vultures are also usually now regarded as separate.
- ORDER FALCONIFORMES
- Family Accipitridae
- Subfamily Elaninae
- Subfamily Perninae
- African Baza, Aviceda
cuculoides
- Madagascar Baza,
Aviceda madagascariensis
- Jerdon's Baza, Aviceda
jerdoni
- Pacific Baza, Aviceda
subcristata
- Black Baza, Aviceda
leuphotes
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard, Hernicopernis longicauda
- Black Honey
Buzzard, Hernicopernis infuscatus
- European Honey Buzzard, Pernis apivorus
- Oriental Honey Buzzard, Pernis
ptilorhynchus
- Barred
Honey-buzzard, Pernis celebensis
- Grey-headed Kite,
Leptodon cayanensis
- White-collared
Kite, Leptodon forbesi
- Hook-billed Kite,
Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Subfamily Milvinae
- Double-toothed
Kite, Harpagus bidentatus
- Rufous-thighed
Kite, Harpagus diodon
- Mississippi Kite,
Ictinia mississippiensis
- Plumbeous Kite, Ictinia plumbea
- Snail Kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Slender-billed
Kite, Rostrhamus hamatus
- Whistling Kite,
Haliastur sphenurus
- Brahminy Kite, Haliastur indus
- Red Kite, Milvus milvus
- Black Kite, Milvus migrans
- Black-eared Kite,
Milvus lineatus
- Square-tailed
Kite, Lophoictinia isura
- Black-breasted
Buzzard, Hamirostra melanosternon
- Subfamily Accipitrinae
- Goshawk, Accipiter
gentilis
- Sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
- Grey-bellied
Goshawk, Accipiter poliogaster
- Crested Goshawk, Accipiter trivirgatus
- Sulawesi Goshawk,
Accipiter griseiceps
- Red-chested
Goshawk, Accipiter toussenelii
- African Goshawk,
Accipiter tachiro
- Chinese Goshawk,
Accipiter soloensis
- Frances' Goshawk,
Accipiter francesii
- Spot-tailed
Goshawk, Accipiter trinotatus
- Grey Goshawk, Accipiter
novaehollandiae
- Brown Goshawk, Accipiter
fasciatus
- Black-mantled
Goshawk, Accipiter melanochlamys
- Pied Goshawk, Accipiter
albogularis
- Fiji Goshawk, Accipiter
rufitorques
- White-bellied
Goshawk, Accipiter haplochrous
- Moluccan Goshawk,
Accipiter henicogrammus
- Grey-headed
Goshawk, Accipiter poliocephalus
- New Britain
Goshawk, Accipiter princeps
- Black Goshawk, Accipiter
melanoleucus
- Henst's Goshawk,
Accipiter henstii
- Meyer's Goshawk,
Accipiter meyerianus
- Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk, Accipiter castanilius
- Nicobar
Sparrowhawk, Accipiter butleri
- Levant Sparrowhawk, Accipiter brevipes
- Slaty-mantled Sparrowhawk, Accipiter luteoschistaceus
- Imitator
Sparrowhawk, Accipiter imitator
- Red-thighed
Sparrowhawk, Accipiter erythropus
- Little
Sparrowhawk, Accipiter minullus
- Japanese
Sparrowhawk, Accipiter gularis
- Small Sparrowhawk,
Accipiter nanus
- Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk, Accipiter erythrauchen
- Collared
Sparrowhawk, Accipiter cirrocephalus
- New Britain
Sparrowhawk, Accipiter brachyurus
- Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Accipiter rhodogaster
- Madagascar
Sparrowhawk, Accipiter madagascariensis
- Ovampo
Sparrowhawk, Accipiter ovampensis
- Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk, Accipiter rufiventris
- Shikra, Accipiter badius
- Tiny Hawk, Accipiter
superciliosus
- Semicollared Hawk,
Accipiter collaris
- Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus
- White-breasted
Hawk, Accipiter chionogaster
- Plain-breasted
Hawk, Accipiter ventralis
- Rufous-thighed
Hawk, Accipiter erythronemius
- Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii
- Gundlach's Hawk,
Accipiter gundlachi
- Bicoloured Hawk,
Accipiter bicolor
- Besra, Accipiter virgatus
- Gabar Goshawk, Micronisus
gabar
- Dark Chanting Goshawk, Melierax metabates
- Eastern
Chanting Goshawk, Melierax poliopterus
- Pale Chanting
Goshawk, Melierax canorus
- Long-tailed Hawk,
Urotriorchis macrourus
- Red Goshawk, Erythrotriorchis radiatus
- Chestnut-shouldered Goshawk, Erythrotriorchis buergersi
- Doria's Goshawk,
Megatriorchis doriae
- Subfamily Buteoninae
- Black-chested Buzzard-eagle, Geranoaetus melanoleucus
- Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo
- Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
- Long-legged Buzzard, Buteo rufinus
- Rough-legged Buzzard, Buteo lagopus
- Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis
- Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
- Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus
- Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni
- Roadside Hawk, Buteo
magnirostris
- Ridgway's Hawk, Buteo ridgwayi
- White-rumped Hawk,
Buteo leucorrhous
- Short-tailed Hawk, Buteo brachyurus
- White-throated Hawk, Buteo albigula
- White-tailed Hawk,
Buteo albicaudatus
- Galapagos Hawk, Buteo
galapagoensis
- Red-backed Hawk,
Buteo polyosoma
- Puna Hawk, Buteo
poecilochrous
- Zone-tailed Hawk, Buteo albonotatus
- Hawaiian Hawk, Buteo
solitarius
- Rufous-tailed
Hawk, Buteo ventralis
- Mountain Buzzard,
Buteo oreophilus
- Madagascar
Buzzard, Buteo brachypterus
- Upland Buzzard, Buteo
hemilasius
- Red-necked
Buzzard, Buteo auguralis
- Augur Buzzard, Buteo
augur
- Archer's Buzzard,
Buteo archeri
- Jackal Buzzard, Buteo
rufofuscus
- Harris' Hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus
- Common Black Hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus
- Mangrove Black
Hawk, Buteogallus subtilis
- Great Black Hawk, Buteogallus urubitinga
- Rufous Crab Hawk,
Buteogallus aequinoctialis
- Savanna Hawk, Buteogallus
meridionalis
- Black-collared
Hawk, Busarellus nigricollis
- Plumbeous Hawk,
Leucopternis plumbea
- Slate-coloured
Hawk, Leucopternis schistacea
- Barred Hawk, Leucopternis
princeps
- Black-faced Hawk,
Leucopternis melanops
- White-browed Hawk,
Leucopternis kuhli
- White-necked Hawk,
Leucopternis lacernulata
- Semiplumbeous
Hawk, Leucopternis semiplumbea
- White Hawk, Leucopternis albicollis
- Grey-backed Hawk,
Leucopternis occidentalis
- Mantled Hawk, Leucopternis
polionota
- Lizard Buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Grasshopper
Buzzard, Butastur rufipennis
- White-eyed
Buzzard, Butastur teesa
- Rufous-winged
Buzzard, Butastur liventer
- Grey-faced
Buzzard, Butastur indicus
- Crowned Eagle,
Harpyhaliaetus coronatus
- Solitary Eagle,
Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
- Crested Eagle, Morphnus
guianensis
- Harpy Eagle, Harpia harpyja
- Philippine Eagle, Pithecophaga jefferyi
- New Guinea Eagle,
Harpyopsis novaeguineae
- Black-and-chestnut Eagle, Oroaetus isidori
- Black-and-white Hawk-eagle, Spizastur melanoleucus
- Cassin's
Hawk-eagle, Spizaetus africanus
- Changeable Hawk-eagle, Spizaetus
cirrhatus
- Mountain Hawk-eagle, Spizaetus nipalensis
- Blyth's
Hawk-eagle, Spizaetus alboniger
- Javan Hawk-eagle,
Spizaetus bartelsi
- Sulawesi
Hawk-eagle, Spizaetus lanceolatus
- Philippine
Hawk-eagle, Spizaetus philippensis
- Wallace's
Hawk-eagle, Spizaetus nanus
- Black Hawk-eagle,
Spizaetus tyrannus
- Ornate Hawk-eagle,
Spizaetus ornatus
- Long-crested
Eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis
- Crowned
Hawk-eagle, Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Martial Eagle, Polemaetus
bellicosus
- Bonelli's Eagle, Hieraaetus fasciatus
- Booted Eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus
- African Hawk-eagle, Hieraaetus spilogaster
- Little Eagle, Hieraaetus
morphnoides
- Ayres' Hawk-eagle,
Hieraaetus ayresii
- Rufous-bellied Hawk-eagle, Hieraaetus
kienerii
- Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
- Imperial Eagle, Aquila heliaca
- Spanish
Imperial Eagle or Adalbert's Eagle, Aquila (heliaca) adalberti
- Steppe Eagle, Aquila nipalensis
- Tawny Eagle, Aquila rapax
- Greater Spotted Eagle, Aquila clanga
- Lesser Spotted Eagle, Aquila pomarina
- Verreaux's Eagle,
Aquila verreauxii
- Gurney's Eagle,
Aquila gurneyi
- Wahlberg's Eagle, Aquila wahlbergi
- Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax
- Black Eagle, Ictinaetus malayensis
- White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
- Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Steller's Sea
Eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus
- African Fish
Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer
- White-bellied Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus
leucogaster
- Sanford's Fish
Eagle, Haliaeetus sanfordi
- Madagascar Fish
Eagle, Haliaeetus vociferoides
- Pallas' Sea Eagle,
Haliaeetus leucoryphus
- Lesser Fish Eagle,
Ichthyophaga humilis
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle, Ichthyophaga
ichthyaetus
- Subfamily Aegypiinae: old world vultures
- Red-headed
Vulture, Sarcogyps calvus
- Eurasian Black Vulture or Monk Vulture, Aegypius
monachus
- Lappet-faced Vulture, Torgos tracheliotus
- White-headed
Vulture, Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Griffon Vulture, Gyps fulvus
- Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon, Gyps
rueppellii
- Himalayan Griffon Vulture, Gyps
himalayensis
- Cape Griffon, Gyps coprotheres
- White-backed Vulture, Gyps africanus
- Indian White-rumped Vulture, Gyps
bengalensis
- Long-billed Vulture, Gyps indicus
- Egyptian Vulture, Neophron percnopterus
- Hooded Vulture, Necrosyrtes monachus
- Palm Nut Vulture, Gypohierax angolensis
- Lammergeier or Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus barbatus
- Subfamily Circinae: harriers
- Montagu's Harrier, Circus pygargus
- Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus
- Western Marsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier, Circus spilonotus
- African Marsh
Harrier, Circus ranivorus
- Swamp Harrier, Circus approximans
- Madagascar
Marsh Harrier, Circus maillardi
- Long-winged
Harrier, Circus buffoni
- Spotted Harrier,
Circus assimilis
- Black Harrier, Circus
maurus
- Cinereous Harrier,
Circus cinereus
- Pallid Harrier, Circus macrourus
- Pied Harrier, Circus
melanoleucos
- Madagascar
Harrier-hawk, Polyboroides radiatus
- African Harrier-hawk, Polyboroides typus
- Crane Hawk, Geranospiza
caerulescens
- Subfamily Circaetinae: snake-eagles
- Bateleur, Terathopius
ecaudatus
- Short-toed Eagle, Circaetus gallicus
- Black-chested Snake-eagle, Circaetus pectoralis
- Brown Snake-eagle,
Circaetus cinereus
- Fasciated
Snake-eagle, Circaetus fasciolatus
- Banded
Snake-eagle, Circaetus cinerascens
- Crested Serpent-eagle, Spilornis cheela
- Nicobar
Serpent-eagle, Spilornis minimus
- Mountain
Serpent-eagle,Spilornis kinabaluensis
- Sulawesi
Serpent-eagle, Spilornis rufipectus
- Philippine
Serpent-eagle, Spilornis holospilus
- Andaman
Serpent-eagle, Spilornis elgini
For an alternative taxonomy, see also Sibley-Alquist
taxonomy. See also list of birds.
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