List of Accipitriformes species
Accipitriformes is one of three major orders of birds of prey and includes the osprey, hawks, eagles, kites, and vultures. Falcons (Falconiformes) and owls (Strigiformes) are the other two major orders and are listed in other articles. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 265 species of Accipitriformes distributed among four families. Among them is the family Cathartidae (New World vultures) which the American Ornithological Society (AOS) and the Clements taxonomy place in its own order, Cathartiformes.[1][2][3][4] The list also includes the Bermuda hawk, Bermuteo avivorus, which has been extinct since the early 17th century.[5]
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name, family, and binomial.
List
Common name | Family | Binomial name | IOC sequence |
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California condor | Cathartidae | Gymnogyps californianus | 1 |
King vulture | Cathartidae | Sarcoramphus papa | 2 |
Andean condor | Cathartidae | Vultur gryphus | 3 |
Black vulture | Cathartidae | Coragyps atratus | 4 |
Turkey vulture | Cathartidae | Cathartes aura | 5 |
Lesser yellow-headed vulture | Cathartidae | Cathartes burrovianus | 6 |
Greater yellow-headed vulture | Cathartidae | Cathartes melambrotus | 7 |
Secretarybird | Sagittariidae | Sagittarius serpentarius | 8 |
Osprey | Pandionidae | Pandion haliaetus | 9 |
Black-winged kite | Accipitridae | Elanus caeruleus | 10 |
Black-shouldered kite | Accipitridae | Elanus axillaris | 11 |
White-tailed kite | Accipitridae | Elanus leucurus | 12 |
Letter-winged kite | Accipitridae | Elanus scriptus | 13 |
Pearl kite | Accipitridae | Gampsonyx swainsonii | 14 |
Scissor-tailed kite | Accipitridae | Chelictinia riocourii | 15 |
African harrier-hawk | Accipitridae | Polyboroides typus | 16 |
Madagascar harrier-hawk | Accipitridae | Polyboroides radiatus | 17 |
Palm-nut vulture | Accipitridae | Gypohierax angolensis | 18 |
Bearded vulture | Accipitridae | Gypaetus barbatus | 19 |
Egyptian vulture | Accipitridae | Neophron percnopterus | 20 |
Madagascar serpent eagle | Accipitridae | Eutriorchis astur | 21 |
Grey-headed kite | Accipitridae | Leptodon cayanensis | 22 |
White-collared kite | Accipitridae | Leptodon forbesi | 23 |
Hook-billed kite | Accipitridae | Chondrohierax uncinatus | 24 |
Cuban kite | Accipitridae | Chondrohierax wilsonii | 25 |
European honey buzzard | Accipitridae | Pernis apivorus | 26 |
Crested honey buzzard | Accipitridae | Pernis ptilorhynchus | 27 |
Barred honey buzzard | Accipitridae | Pernis celebensis | 28 |
Philippine honey buzzard | Accipitridae | Pernis steerei | 29 |
Swallow-tailed kite | Accipitridae | Elanoides forficatus | 30 |
Square-tailed kite | Accipitridae | Lophoictinia isura | 31 |
Black-breasted buzzard | Accipitridae | Hamirostra melanosternon | 32 |
African cuckoo-hawk | Accipitridae | Aviceda cuculoides | 33 |
Madagascar cuckoo-hawk | Accipitridae | Aviceda madagascariensis | 34 |
Jerdon's baza | Accipitridae | Aviceda jerdoni | 35 |
Pacific baza | Accipitridae | Aviceda subcristata | 36 |
Black baza | Accipitridae | Aviceda leuphotes | 37 |
Long-tailed honey buzzard | Accipitridae | Henicopernis longicauda | 38 |
Black honey buzzard | Accipitridae | Henicopernis infuscatus | 39 |
Hooded vulture | Accipitridae | Necrosyrtes monachus | 40 |
White-backed vulture | Accipitridae | Gyps africanus | 41 |
White-rumped vulture | Accipitridae | Gyps bengalensis | 42 |
Indian vulture | Accipitridae | Gyps indicus | 43 |
Slender-billed vulture | Accipitridae | Gyps tenuirostris | 44 |
Rüppell's vulture | Accipitridae | Gyps rueppelli | 45 |
Himalayan vulture | Accipitridae | Gyps himalayensis | 46 |
Griffon vulture | Accipitridae | Gyps fulvus | 47 |
Cape vulture | Accipitridae | Gyps coprotheres | 48 |
Red-headed vulture | Accipitridae | Sarcogyps calvus | 49 |
White-headed vulture | Accipitridae | Trigonoceps occipitalis | 50 |
Cinereous vulture | Accipitridae | Aegypius monachus | 51 |
Lappet-faced vulture | Accipitridae | Torgos tracheliotos | 52 |
Crested serpent eagle | Accipitridae | Spilornis cheela | 53 |
Great Nicobar serpent eagle | Accipitridae | Spilornis klossi | 54 |
Mountain serpent eagle | Accipitridae | Spilornis kinabaluensis | 55 |
Sulawesi serpent eagle | Accipitridae | Spilornis rufipectus | 56 |
Philippine serpent eagle | Accipitridae | Spilornis holospilus | 57 |
Andaman serpent eagle | Accipitridae | Spilornis elgini | 58 |
Philippine eagle | Accipitridae | Pithecophaga jefferyi | 59 |
Short-toed snake eagle | Accipitridae | Circaetus gallicus | 60 |
Beaudouin's snake eagle | Accipitridae | Circaetus beaudouini | 61 |
Black-chested snake eagle | Accipitridae | Circaetus pectoralis | 62 |
Brown snake eagle | Accipitridae | Circaetus cinereus | 63 |
Southern banded snake eagle | Accipitridae | Circaetus fasciolatus | 64 |
Western banded snake eagle | Accipitridae | Circaetus cinerascens | 65 |
Congo serpent eagle | Accipitridae | Dryotriorchis spectabilis | 66 |
Bateleur | Accipitridae | Terathopius ecaudatus | 67 |
Bat hawk | Accipitridae | Macheiramphus alcinus | 68 |
Papuan eagle | Accipitridae | Harpyopsis novaeguineae | 69 |
Crested eagle | Accipitridae | Morphnus guianensis | 70 |
Harpy eagle | Accipitridae | Harpia harpyja | 71 |
Changeable hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Nisaetus cirrhatus | 72 |
Flores hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Nisaetus floris | 73 |
Mountain hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Nisaetus nipalensis | 74 |
Legge's hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Nisaetus kelaarti | 75 |
Blyth's hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Nisaetus alboniger | 76 |
Javan hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Nisaetus bartelsi | 77 |
Sulawesi hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Nisaetus lanceolatus | 78 |
Philippine hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Nisaetus philippensis | 79 |
Pinsker's hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Nisaetus pinskeri | 80 |
Wallace's hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Nisaetus nanus | 81 |
Black hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Spizaetus tyrannus | 82 |
Black-and-white hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Spizaetus melanoleucus | 83 |
Ornate hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Spizaetus ornatus | 84 |
Black-and-chestnut eagle | Accipitridae | Spizaetus isidori | 85 |
Crowned eagle | Accipitridae | Stephanoaetus coronatus | 86 |
Rufous-bellied eagle | Accipitridae | Lophotriorchis kienerii | 87 |
Martial eagle | Accipitridae | Polemaetus bellicosus | 88 |
Long-crested eagle | Accipitridae | Lophaetus occipitalis | 89 |
Black eagle | Accipitridae | Ictinaetus malaiensis | 90 |
Lesser spotted eagle | Accipitridae | Clanga pomarina | 91 |
Indian spotted eagle | Accipitridae | Clanga hastata | 92 |
Greater spotted eagle | Accipitridae | Clanga clanga | 93 |
Wahlberg's eagle | Accipitridae | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | 94 |
Booted eagle | Accipitridae | Hieraaetus pennatus | 95 |
Little eagle | Accipitridae | Hieraaetus morphnoides | 96 |
Pygmy eagle | Accipitridae | Hieraaetus weiskei | 97 |
Ayres's hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Hieraaetus ayresii | 98 |
Tawny eagle | Accipitridae | Aquila rapax | 99 |
Steppe eagle | Accipitridae | Aquila nipalensis | 100 |
Spanish imperial eagle | Accipitridae | Aquila adalberti | 101 |
Eastern imperial eagle | Accipitridae | Aquila heliaca | 102 |
Gurney's eagle | Accipitridae | Aquila gurneyi | 103 |
Golden eagle | Accipitridae | Aquila chrysaetos | 104 |
Wedge-tailed eagle | Accipitridae | Aquila audax | 105 |
Verreaux's eagle | Accipitridae | Aquila verreauxii | 106 |
Cassin's hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Aquila africana | 107 |
Bonelli's eagle | Accipitridae | Aquila fasciata | 108 |
African hawk-eagle | Accipitridae | Aquila spilogaster | 109 |
Double-toothed kite | Accipitridae | Harpagus bidentatus | 110 |
Rufous-thighed kite | Accipitridae | Harpagus diodon | 111 |
Lizard buzzard | Accipitridae | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | 112 |
Gabar goshawk | Accipitridae | Micronisus gabar | 113 |
Dark chanting goshawk | Accipitridae | Melierax metabates | 114 |
Eastern chanting goshawk | Accipitridae | Melierax poliopterus | 115 |
Pale chanting goshawk | Accipitridae | Melierax canorus | 116 |
Long-tailed hawk | Accipitridae | Urotriorchis macrourus | 117 |
Chestnut-shouldered goshawk | Accipitridae | Erythrotriorchis buergersi | 189 |
Red goshawk | Accipitridae | Erythrotriorchis radiatus | 119 |
Doria's goshawk | Accipitridae | Megatriorchis doriae | 120 |
Tiny hawk | Accipitridae | Microspizias superciliosus | 121 |
Semicollared hawk | Accipitridae | Microspizias collaris | 122 |
Crested goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter trivirgatus | 123 |
Sulawesi goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter griseiceps | 124 |
Grey-bellied hawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter poliogaster | 125 |
Red-chested goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter toussenelii | 126 |
African goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter tachiro | 127 |
Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter castanilius | 128 |
Shikra | Accipitridae | Accipiter badius | 129 |
Nicobar sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter butleri | 130 |
Levant sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter brevipes | 131 |
Chinese sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter soloensis | 132 |
Frances's sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter francesiae | 133 |
Spot-tailed sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter trinotatus | 134 |
Grey goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter novaehollandiae | 135 |
Variable goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter hiogaster | 136 |
Brown goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter fasciatus | 137 |
Black-mantled goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter melanochlamys | 138 |
Pied goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter albogularis | 139 |
White-bellied goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter haplochrous | 140 |
Fiji goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter rufitorques | 141 |
Moluccan goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter henicogrammus | 142 |
Slaty-mantled goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter luteoschistaceus | 143 |
Imitator goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter imitator | 144 |
Grey-headed goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter poliocephalus | 145 |
New Britain goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter princeps | 146 |
Red-thighed sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter erythropus | 147 |
Little sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter minullus | 148 |
Japanese sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter gularis | 149 |
Besra | Accipitridae | Accipiter virgatus | 150 |
Dwarf sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter nanus | 151 |
Rufous-necked sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter erythrauchen | 152 |
Collared sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter cirrocephalus | 153 |
New britain sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter brachyurus | 154 |
Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter rhodogaster | 155 |
Madagascar sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter madagascariensis | 156 |
Ovambo sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter ovampensis | 157 |
Eurasian sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter nisus | 158 |
Rufous-breasted sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter rufiventris | 159 |
Sharp-shinned hawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter striatus | 160 |
White-breasted hawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter chionogaster | 161 |
Plain-breasted hawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter ventralis | 162 |
Rufous-thighed hawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter erythronemius | 163 |
Cooper's hawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter cooperii | 164 |
Gundlach's hawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter gundlachi | 165 |
Bicolored hawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter bicolor | 166 |
Chilean hawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter chilensis | 167 |
Black sparrowhawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter melanoleucus | 168 |
Henst's goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter henstii | 169 |
Eurasian goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter gentilis | 170 |
American goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter atricapillus | 171 |
Meyer's goshawk | Accipitridae | Accipiter meyerianus | 172 |
Western marsh harrier | Accipitridae | Circus aeruginosus | 173 |
Eastern marsh harrier | Accipitridae | Circus spilonotus | 174 |
Papuan harrier | Accipitridae | Circus spilothorax | 175 |
Swamp harrier | Accipitridae | Circus approximans | 176 |
African marsh harrier | Accipitridae | Circus ranivorus | 177 |
Reunion harrier | Accipitridae | Circus maillardi | 178 |
Malagasy harrier | Accipitridae | Circus macrosceles | 179 |
Long-winged harrier | Accipitridae | Circus buffoni | 180 |
Spotted harrier | Accipitridae | Circus assimilis | 181 |
Black harrier | Accipitridae | Circus maurus | 182 |
Hen harrier | Accipitridae | Circus cyaneus | 183 |
Northern harrier | Accipitridae | Circus hudsonius | 184 |
Cinereous harrier | Accipitridae | Circus cinereus | 185 |
Pallid harrier | Accipitridae | Circus macrourus | 186 |
Pied harrier | Accipitridae | Circus melanoleucos | 187 |
Montagu's harrier | Accipitridae | Circus pygargus | 188 |
Red kite | Accipitridae | Milvus milvus | 189 |
Black kite | Accipitridae | Milvus migrans | 190 |
Yellow-billed kite | Accipitridae | Milvus aegyptius | 191 |
Whistling kite | Accipitridae | Haliastur sphenurus | 192 |
Brahminy kite | Accipitridae | Haliastur indus | 193 |
Steller's sea eagle | Accipitridae | Haliaeetus pelagicus | 194 |
Pallas's fish eagle | Accipitridae | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | 195 |
White-tailed eagle | Accipitridae | Haliaeetus albicilla | 196 |
Bald eagle | Accipitridae | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | 197 |
White-bellied sea eagle | Accipitridae | Icthyophaga leucogaster | 198 |
Sanford's sea eagle | Accipitridae | Icthyophaga sanfordi | 199 |
African fish eagle | Accipitridae | Icthyophaga vocifer | 200 |
Madagascar fish eagle | Accipitridae | Icthyophaga vociferoides | 201 |
Lesser fish eagle | Accipitridae | Icthyophaga humilis | 202 |
Grey-headed fish eagle | Accipitridae | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | 203 |
Grasshopper buzzard | Accipitridae | Butastur rufipennis | 204 |
White-eyed buzzard | Accipitridae | Butastur teesa | 205 |
Rufous-winged buzzard | Accipitridae | Butastur liventer | 206 |
Grey-faced buzzard | Accipitridae | Butastur indicus | 207 |
Mississippi kite | Accipitridae | Ictinia mississippiensis | 208 |
Plumbeous kite | Accipitridae | Ictinia plumbea | 209 |
Black-collared hawk | Accipitridae | Busarellus nigricollis | 210 |
Snail kite | Accipitridae | Rostrhamus sociabilis | 211 |
Slender-billed kite | Accipitridae | Helicolestes hamatus | 212 |
Crane hawk | Accipitridae | Geranospiza caerulescens | 213 |
Plumbeous hawk | Accipitridae | Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea | 214 |
Slate-colored hawk | Accipitridae | Buteogallus schistaceus | 215 |
Common black hawk | Accipitridae | Buteogallus anthracinus | 216 |
Cuban black hawk | Accipitridae | Buteogallus gundlachii | 217 |
Rufous crab hawk | Accipitridae | Buteogallus aequinoctialis | 218 |
Savanna hawk | Accipitridae | Buteogallus meridionalis | 219 |
White-necked hawk | Accipitridae | Buteogallus lacernulatus | 220 |
Great black hawk | Accipitridae | Buteogallus urubitinga | 221 |
Solitary eagle | Accipitridae | Buteogallus solitarius | 222 |
Chaco eagle | Accipitridae | Buteogallus coronatus | 223 |
Barred hawk | Accipitridae | Morphnarchus princeps | 224 |
Roadside hawk | Accipitridae | Rupornis magnirostris | 225 |
Harris's hawk | Accipitridae | Parabuteo unicinctus | 226 |
White-rumped hawk | Accipitridae | Parabuteo leucorrhous | 227 |
White-tailed hawk | Accipitridae | Geranoaetus albicaudatus | 228 |
Variable hawk | Accipitridae | Geranoaetus polyosoma | 229 |
Black-chested buzzard-eagle | Accipitridae | Geranoaetus melanoleucus | 230 |
Mantled hawk | Accipitridae | Pseudastur polionotus | 231 |
White hawk | Accipitridae | Pseudastur albicollis | 232 |
Grey-backed hawk | Accipitridae | Pseudastur occidentalis | 233 |
Semiplumbeous hawk | Accipitridae | Leucopternis semiplumbeus | 234 |
Black-faced hawk | Accipitridae | Leucopternis melanops | 235 |
White-browed hawk | Accipitridae | Leucopternis kuhli | 236 |
Bermuda hawk | Accipitridae | Bermuteo avivorus | 237 |
Grey hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo plagiatus | 238 |
Grey-lined hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo nitidus | 239 |
Red-shouldered hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo lineatus | 240 |
Ridgway's hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo ridgwayi | 241 |
Broad-winged hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo platypterus | 242 |
White-throated hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo albigula | 243 |
Short-tailed hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo brachyurus | 244 |
Hawaiian hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo solitarius | 245 |
Swainson's hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo swainsoni | 246 |
Galapagos hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo galapagoensis | 247 |
Zone-tailed hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo albonotatus | 248 |
Red-tailed hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo jamaicensis | 249 |
Rufous-tailed hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo ventralis | 250 |
Ferruginous hawk | Accipitridae | Buteo regalis | 251 |
Rough-legged buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo lagopus | 252 |
Upland buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo hemilasius | 253 |
Eastern buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo japonicus | 254 |
Himalayan buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo refectus | 255 |
Long-legged buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo rufinus | 256 |
Cape Verde buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo bannermani | 257 |
Socotra buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo socotraensis | 258 |
Common buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo buteo | 259 |
Forest buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo trizonatus | 260 |
Mountain buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo oreophilus | 261 |
Red-necked buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo auguralis | 262 |
Madagascar buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo brachypterus | 263 |
Augur buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo augur | 264 |
Jackal buzzard | Accipitridae | Buteo rufofuscus | 265 |
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