| IOC English Name | Scientific Name | Range | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ORDER ACCIPITRIFORMES |
PHY, TAX : Raptor families Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Sagittariidae, and Pandiondae are in the Order "Accipitriformes" because falcons (Falconidae) are separated as the Order Falconiformes (Hackett et al. 2008) | |||
New World Vultures (7) |
Family Cathartidae |
TAX : SACC 361 elevates the New World Vultures (Cathartidae) to a separate order, the Cathartiformes | ||
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, LA : widespread | ||
| C. a. aura (Linnaeus, 1758) | w North America to Costa Rica, Greater Antilles | |||
| C. a. jota (Molina, 1782) | Pacific coast from Colombia to Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Is. | |||
| C. a. ruficollis von Spix, 1824 | Panama to n Argentina and e Brazil | |||
| C. a. septentrionalis Wied-Neuwied, 1839 | e North America | |||
| Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus Cassin, 1845 | LA : e Mexico to n Argentina | ||
| Greater Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes melambrotus Wetmore, 1964 | SA : Amazonia | ||
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) | NA, LA : widespread | ||
| King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa (Linnaeus, 1758) | LA : Mexico to n Argentina | ||
| California Condor | Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw, 1797) | NA : w USA | ||
| Andean Condor | Vultur gryphus Linnaeus, 1758 | SA : Venezuela to s Chile and Argentina | ||
Secretarybird (1) |
Family Sagittariidae |
TAX : RESTORE: Secretarybird to a monotypic family Sagittariidae in accord with the Tree of Life phylogeny (Hackett et al. 2008) | ||
| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius (Miller, JF, 1779) | AF : widespread | ||
Ospreys (2) |
Family Pandionidae |
TAX : RESTORE: Ospreys to the family Pandionidae in accord with the Tree of Life phylogeny (Hackett et al. 2008) | ||
| Western Osprey | Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Worldwide : widespread,except AU and Sulawesi | ||
| P. h. haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Europe and Asia | |||
| P. h. carolinensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | Canada to s USA | |||
| P. h. ridgwayi Maynard, 1887 | e Belize, Cuba, Bahamas | |||
| Eastern Osprey | Pandion cristatus (Vieillot, 1816) | AU : Sulawesi to Australasia, Solomon Is, New Caledonia | AS : Pandion cristatus is split from P. haliaetus (Wink et al. 2004a, Christidis & Boles 2008) | |
Kites, Hawks and Eagles (256) |
Family Accipitridae |
TAX,PHY : Classification of Accipitridae revised v3.3; see especially Wink & Sauer-Gürth 2004, Lerner & Mindell 2005, TIF) | ||
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789) | AF, OR : widespread | ||
| E. c. caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789) | sw Iberian Pen., Africa, sw Arabia | |||
| E. c. vociferus (Latham, 1790) | Pakistan to e China, Malay Pen. and Indochina | |||
| E. c. hypoleucus Gould, 1859 | Greater and Lesser Sundas, the Philippines, Sulawesi and New Guinea | |||
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus axillaris (Latham, 1802) | AU : Australia | ||
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus (Vieillot, 1818) | NA, LA : s, w USA to c Argentina | ||
| E. l. majusculus Bangs & Penard, TE, 1920 | w and s USA to Panama | |||
| E. l. leucurus (Vieillot, 1818) | n South America to c Chile and Argentina | |||
| Letter-winged Kite | Elanus scriptus Gould, 1842 | AU : Australia | ||
| Pearl Kite | Gampsonyx swainsonii Vigors, 1825 | SA : n, Amazonia, also w Nicaragua | PHY : Gampsonyx is sister to Elanus. Both genera are basal to all other Accipitridae (Griffiths et al 2004, Wink & Sauer-Gürth 2004) | |
| G. s. leonae Chubb, C, 1918 | Nicaragua, n South America | |||
| G. s. magnus Chubb, C, 1918 | w Colombia to w Peru | |||
| G. s. swainsonii Vigors, 1825 | c Brazil to e Peru, Bolivia and n Argentina | |||
| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii (Vieillot, 1822) | AF : e, c, w | SEQ : Position of Scissor-tailed Kite provisional in absence of molecular data | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus Smith, A, 1829 | AF : widespread | PHY : Polyboroides is a basal taxon within Accipitridae, sister to Gypohierax, Pernix and related taxa (Wink & Sauer-Gürth 2004, Lerner & Mindell 2005). | |
| P. t. typus Smith, A, 1829 | Sudan to East Africa south to Angola and South Africa | |||
| P. t. pectoralis Sharpe, 1903 | Senegal and Gambia to Gabon and the DR Congo | |||
| Madagascar Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides radiatus (Scopoli, 1786) | AF : Madagascar | ||
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | AF : w, c, sc, se | PHY : Gypohierax, Gypaetus and Neophron are not related to the other Old World vultures but cluster with Pernis and Aviceda and related taxa at the base of the Accipitridae ( Wink & Sauer-Gürth 2004, Lerner & Mindell 2005). | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AF, EU : n, e, s AF; c, sw Asia | ||
| G. b. aureus (Hablizl, 1783) | s Europe to ne China through the Himalayas to Nepal and w Pakistan | |||
| G. b. barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | nw Africa | |||
| G. b. meridionalis Keyserling & Blasius, JH, 1840 | sw Arabia, ne, e and s Africa | |||
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AF, EU, OR : w AF to India, s Spain to c Asia | ||
| N. p. ginginianus (Latham, 1790) | Nepal to s India | |||
| N. p. majorensis Donázar et al, 2002 | Canary Is. | |||
| N. p. percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758) | s Europe, Middle East, Africa | |||
| Madagascar Serpent Eagle | Eutriorchis astur Sharpe, 1875 | AF : Madagascar | PHY : The Madagascar Serpent Eagle is related to Gypaetus and Gypohierax (McGrady et al 2010) | |
| Grey-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis (Latham, 1790) | LA : ec Mexico to n Argentina | ||
| L. c. cayanensis (Latham, 1790) | se Mexico to Ecuador, Amazonia and Guianas, Trinidad | |||
| L. c. monachus (Vieillot, 1817) | c Brazil to n Argentina | |||
| White-collared Kite | Leptodon forbesi (Swann, 1922) | SA : ne Brazil | ||
| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus (Temminck, 1822) | NA, LA : s Texas to n Argentina | ||
| C. u. uncinatus (Temminck, 1822) | s USA and Mexico to n Argentina | |||
| C. u. mirus Friedmann, 1934 | Grenada (Lesser Antilles) | |||
| Cuban Kite | Chondrohierax wilsonii (Cassin, 1847) | NA : e Cuba | AS : Chondrohierax wilsonii is split from C. uncinatus based morphological differences and modest mtDNA divergence (BLI; Stotz et al. 1996); NACC 207-B-4 vote split 5/5 | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : w | ||
| Crested Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821) | EU, OR : e EU, widespread OR | ||
| P. p. orientalis Taczanowski, 1891 | s Siberia to ne China, Japan | |||
| P. p. ruficollis Lesson, 1830 | India and Sri Lanka to Burma, Vietnam and sw China | |||
| P. p. torquatus Lesson, 1830 | Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo | |||
| P. p. ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821) | Java | |||
| P. p. palawanensis Stresemann, 1940 | Palawan, Calauit (w Philippines) | |||
| P. p. philippensis Mayr, 1939 | n and e Philippines | |||
| Barred Honey Buzzard | Pernis celebensis Wallace, 1868 | AU : Sulawesi | ||
| Philippine Honey Buzzard | Pernis steerei Sclater, WL, 1919 | OR : Philippines | AS : Pernis steerei is split from P. celebensis (Gamauf & Harring 2005, Collar 2007) | |
| P. s. winkleri Gamauf & Preleuthner, 1998 | Luzon I. | |||
| P. s. steerei Sclater, WL, 1919 | Philippines except Palawan, Luzon and nearby islands | |||
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, LA : s USA to ne Argentina | PHY : Traditionally placed in Elaninae, Elanoides is more closely related to Pernis (Lerner & Mindell 2005) | |
| E. f. forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | se USA, n and e Mexico | |||
| E. f. yetapa (Vieillot, 1818) | s Mexico to n Argentina | |||
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura (Gould, 1838) | AU : Australia | ||
| Black-breasted Buzzard | Hamirostra melanosternon (Gould, 1841) | AU : Australia | ||
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides Swainson, 1837 | AF : w, c, sc, se | ||
| A. c. cuculoides Swainson, 1837 | Senegal to sw Ethiopia and n DR Congo | |||
| A. c. batesi (Swann, 1920) | Sierra Leone to Uganda and n Angola | |||
| A. c. verreauxii Lafresnaye, 1846 | e Angola to Uganda and South Africa | |||
| Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda madagascariensis (Smith, A, 1834) | AF : Madagascar | ||
| Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni (Blyth, 1842) | OR : widespread | ||
| A. j. jerdoni (Blyth, 1842) | n India to s China, Burma and Indochina, Sumatra | |||
| A. j. ceylonensis (Legge, 1876) | sw India and Sri Lanka | |||
| A. j. borneensis (Brüggemann, 1876) | Borneo | |||
| A. j. magnirostris (Kaup, 1847) | Philippines | |||
| A. j. celebensis (Schlegel, 1873) | Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula Is. | |||
| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata (Gould, 1838) | AU : widespread | ||
| A. s. timorlaoensis (Meyer, AB, 1893) | Lesser Sundas east to Tanimbar | |||
| A. s. rufa (Schlegel, 1866) | Morotai, Dagasuli, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Bacan and Obi (n and c Moluccas) | |||
| A. s. stresemanni (Siebers, 1930) | Buru (c Moluccas) | |||
| A. s. reinwardtii (Schlegel & Müller, S, 1841) | Boano, Seram, Ambon and Haraku (s Moluccas) | |||
| A. s. pallida (Stresemann, 1913) | Seram Laut and Kai Is. (s Moluccas) | |||
| A. s. waigeuensis Mayr, 1940 | Waigeo I. (w of New Guinea) | |||
| A. s. obscura Junge, 1956 | Biak I. (n of New Guinea) | |||
| A. s. stenozona (Gray, GR, 1858) | w New Guinea, Aru Is | |||
| A. s. megala (Stresemann, 1913) | e New Guinea | |||
| A. s. coultasi Mayr, 1945 | Admiralty Is. | |||
| A. s. bismarckii (Sharpe, 1888) | Bismarck Arch. | |||
| A. s. gurneyi (Ramsay, EP, 1882) | Solomon Is. | |||
| A. s. subcristata (Gould, 1838) | n and e Australia | |||
| Black Baza | Aviceda leuphotes (Dumont, 1820) | OR : widespread | ||
| A. l. syama (Hodgson, 1837) | c Himalayas to s China and n Burma | |||
| A. l. wolfei Deignan, 1948 | Sichuan (wc China) | |||
| A. l. leuphotes (Dumont, 1820) | sw India to s Burma and w Thailand | |||
| A. l. andamanica Abdulali & Grubh, 1970 | Andaman Is. | |||
| Long-tailed Honey Buzzard | Henicopernis longicauda (Lesson & Garnot, 1828) | AU : New Guinea | PHY : The taxonomic position of Henicopernis is unsettled. It is only distantly related to Pernis (Gamauf & Haring 2004) | |
| Black Honey Buzzard | Henicopernis infuscatus Gurney, 1882 | AU : New Britain | ||
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823) | AF : widespread | ||
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865 | AF : widespread | ||
| White-rumped Vulture | Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | OR : Iran through Southeast Asia | ||
| Indian Vulture | Gyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786) | OR : se Pakistan, s India | ||
| Slender-billed Vulture | Gyps tenuirostris Gray, GR, 1844 | OR : Himalayas through Southeast Asia | ||
| Rüppell's Vulture | Gyps rueppellii (Brehm, AE, 1852) | AF : e, c, w | ||
| G. r. rueppellii (Brehm, AE, 1852) | sw Mauritania to e Sudan and south to Tanzania | |||
| G. r. erlangeri Salvadori, 1908 | Ethiopia, Somalia | |||
| Himalayan Vulture | Gyps himalayensis Hume, 1869 | OR : Himalayas | ||
| Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) | AF, EU : n AF, sw EU, also n India | ||
| G. f. fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) | s Europe and n Africa to c Asia | |||
| G. f. fulvescens Hume, 1869 | Afghanistan to n India | |||
| Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres (Forster, JR, 1798) | AF : s | ||
| Red-headed Vulture | Sarcogyps calvus (Scopoli, 1786) | OR : widespread | ||
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis (Burchell, 1824) | AF : widespread | ||
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus (Linnaeus, 1766) | EU : sw, c | ||
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos (Forster, JR, 1796) | AF : widespread, also Arabian Peninsula | ||
| T. t. negevensis Bruun, Mendelssohn & Bull, 1981 | s Israel and Arabian Pen. | |||
| T. t. nubicus (Smith, CH, 1828) | Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia | |||
| T. t. tracheliotos (Forster, JR, 1796) | nw Africa, Africa south of the Sahara | |||
| Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela (Latham, 1790) | OR : widespread, including one form on Great Nicobar Is (P Rasmussen) | ||
| S. c. cheela (Latham, 1790) | n India, Nepal | |||
| S. c. melanotis (Jerdon, 1844) | s India | |||
| S. c. spilogaster (Blyth, 1852) | Sri Lanka | |||
| S. c. burmanicus Swann, 1920 | Burma to sw China and c and s Indochina | |||
| S. c. ricketti Sclater, WL, 1919 | s China, n Vietnam | |||
| S. c. malayensis Swann, 1920 | Malay Pen., n Sumatra | |||
| S. c. davisoni Hume, 1873 | Andaman Is. | |||
| S. c. perplexus Swann, 1922 | s Ryukyu Is. (Japan) | |||
| S. c. hoya Swinhoe, 1866 | Taiwan | |||
| S. c. rutherfordi Swinhoe, 1870 | Hainan I. (off se China) | |||
| S. c. pallidus Walden, 1872 | n Borneo | |||
| S. c. richmondi Swann, 1922 | s Borneo | |||
| S. c. natunensis Chasen, 1935 | Natunas and Belitung Is. (off Borneo) | |||
| S. c. sipora Chasen & Kloss, 1926 | Mentawai Arch. ( off w Sumatra) | |||
| S. c. batu Meyer de Schauensee & Ripley, 1940 | s Sumatra, Batu Is. | |||
| S. c. asturinus Meyer, AB, 1884 | Nias I. (off w Sumatra) | |||
| S. c. abbotti Richmond, 1903 | Simeulue I. (off w Sumatra) | |||
| S. c. bido (Horsfield, 1821) | Java, Bali | |||
| S. c. baweanus Oberholser, 1917 | Bawean I. (off n Java) | |||
| S. c. palawanensis Sclater, WL, 1919 | Palawan (w Philippines) | |||
| Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle | Spilornis minimus Hume, 1873 | OR : c Nicobar Islands | ENG : Change English name of Spilornis minimus from Nicobar Serpent Eagle to Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle with split of S. klossi | |
| Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle | Spilornis klossi Richmond, 1902 | OR : Great Nicobar Island | AS : Spilornis klossi is split from S. minimus (Ferguson-Lees & Christie 2001, Dickinson 2003, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005). | |
| Mountain Serpent Eagle | Spilornis kinabaluensis Sclater, WL, 1919 | OR : Borneo | ||
| Sulawesi Serpent Eagle | Spilornis rufipectus Gould, 1858 | OR : Sulawesi | ||
| S. r. rufipectus Gould, 1858 | Sulawesi | |||
| S. r. sulaensis (Schlegel, 1866) | Banggai and Sula Is. (off e Sulawesi) | |||
| Philippine Serpent Eagle | Spilornis holospilus (Vigors, 1831) | OR : Philippines | ||
| Andaman Serpent Eagle | Spilornis elgini (Blyth, 1863) | OR : Andaman Islands | ||
| Philippine Eagle | Pithecophaga jefferyi Ogilvie-Grant, 1896 | OR : Philippines | PHY : Philippine Eagle is distantly related to serpent eagles, not harpy eagles as previously thought (McGrady et al 2010) | |
| Short-toed Snake Eagle | Circaetus gallicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | EU, OR : w,c EU, India | ||
| Beaudouin's Snake Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini Verreaux, J & Des Murs, 1862 | AF : c, w | ||
| Black-chested Snake Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis Smith, A, 1829 | AF : e, sc, s | ||
| Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus Vieillot, 1818 | AF : widespread | ||
| Southern Banded Snake Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus Kaup, 1847 | AF : s, se | ||
| Western Banded Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens von Müller, JW, 1851 | AF : w, c, e, sc | ||
| Congo Serpent Eagle | Circaetus spectabilis (Schlegel, 1863) | AF : w, c | PHY, TAX : Merge Congo Serpent Eagle into Circaetus, which is not monophyletic with respect to Dryotriorchis spectabilis based on Lerner and Mindell 2005; | |
| C. s. spectabilis (Schlegel, 1863) | Sierra Leone and Liberia to n Cameroon | |||
| C. s. batesi (Sharpe, 1904) | s Cameroon to s Sudan, c DR Congo and nw Angola | |||
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus (Daudin, 1800) | AF : widespread | ||
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus Bonaparte, 1850 | AF, OR, AU : widespread in AF, Burma to Borneo and New Guinea | PHY : Macheiramphus is placed with the harpy eagles after Griffiths et al (2007). | |
| M. a. anderssoni (Gurney, 1866) | Africa south of the Sahara | |||
| M. a. alcinus Bonaparte, 1850 | Burma, Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi | |||
| M. a. papuanus Mayr, 1940 | e New Guinea | |||
| Papuan Eagle | Harpyopsis novaeguineae Salvadori, 1875 | AU : New Guinea | ||
| Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800) | LA : Guatemala to ne Argentina | ||
| Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja (Linnaeus, 1758) | LA : s Mexico to ne Argentina | ||
| Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | OR : Himalayas, c,s India and Sri Lanka to Greater Sundas and Philippines | ||
| N. c. limnaeetus (Horsfield, 1821) | n India to Indochina, Malay Pen., Greater Sundas and Philippines | PS : Crested Hawk-Eagle N. cirrhatus is recognized by some authors as specifically distinct from N. limnaeetus which would assume the name Changeable Hawk-Eagle ; see Rasmussen & Anderton (2012) | ||
| N. c. cirrhatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | s India | |||
| N. c. ceylanensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | Sri Lanka | |||
| N. c. andamanensis (Tytler, 1865) | Andaman Is. | |||
| N. c. vanheurni (Junge, 1936) | Simeulue I. (off w Sumatra) | |||
| Flores Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus floris (Hartert, 1898) | AU : Lesser Sundas | ||
| Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 | OR : Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan | ||
| N. n. nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 | Himalayas east to China and south to Malay Pen. | |||
| N. n. orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) | Japan | |||
| Legge's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus kelaarti (Legge, 1878) | OR : Sri Lanka, sw India | AS : Nisaetus (Spizaetus) kelaarti is split from N. nipalensis (Haring et al. 2007, Gjershaug et al. 2008) | |
| Blyth's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus alboniger Blyth, 1845 | OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo | ||
| Javan Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus bartelsi (Stresemann, 1924) | OR : Java | ||
| Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus lanceolatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) | AU : Sulawesi | ||
| Philippine Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus philippensis (Gould, 1863) | OR : Luzon, Philippines | ||
| Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus pinskeri (Preleuthner & Gamauf, 1998) | OR : Philippines, except Luzon and Palawan. | AS : Nisaetus pinskeri is split from N.philippensis (Haring et al. 2007, Gamauf et al. 2005ab; cf BLI) | |
| Wallace's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nanus (Wallace, 1868) | OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo | ||
| N. n. nanus (Wallace, 1868) | s Burma and Thailand, Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo | |||
| N. n. stresemanni (Amadon, 1953) | Nias I. (off w Sumatra) | |||
| Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) | LA : c Mexico to ne Argentina | ||
| S. t. serus Friedmann, 1950 | c Mexico through n South America to c Brazil, Bolivia and Peru | |||
| S. t. tyrannus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) | e and s Brazil, Uruguay, ne Argentina | |||
| Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1816) | LA : s Mexico to ne Argentina | TAX : Spizastur merged into Spizaetus (Helbig et al 2005, Haring et al 2007, SACC 233) | |
| Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus (Daudin, 1800) | LA : se Mexico to n Argentina | ||
| S. o. vicarius Friedmann, 1935 | s Mexico to w Colombia and Ecuador | |||
| S. o. ornatus (Daudin, 1800) | c Colombia to the Guianas south to n Argentina | |||
| Black-and-chestnut Eagle | Spizaetus isidori (Des Murs, 1845) | SA : Venezuela to nw Argentina | TAX : Oroaetus merged into Spizaetus (Helbig et al 2005, Haring et al 2007, SACC 233) | |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | AF : w, c, e, se | ||
| Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii (de Sparre, 1835) | OR : also Sulawesi | ||
| L. k. kienerii (de Sparre, 1835) | s Himalayas, w India, Sri Lanka | |||
| L. k. formosus (Stresemann, 1924) | Burma through se Asia, Sundas, Philippines and Sulawesi | |||
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus (Daudin, 1800) | AF : widespread | ||
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis (Daudin, 1800) | AF : widespread | ||
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malayensis (Temminck, 1822) | OR : widespread | TAX, PHY : Black Eagle, Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus) and the three Spotted Eagles (currently in Aquila) form a clade of closely related genera perhaps best united in Ictinaetus (Helbig et al 2005. Lerner & Mindell 2005) | |
| I. m. perniger (Hodgson, 1836) | n India, Nepal, Bhutan, s India, Sri Lanka | |||
| I. m. malayensis (Temminck, 1822) | Burma to s China, se Asia, Indonesia | |||
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina (Brehm, CL, 1831) | EU : e Europe | TAX : The three spotted eagles (formerly in Aquila) form a clade sister to Lophaetus and to Ictinaetus. Wells & Inskipp (2012) treated them as a genus apart for which Clanga has priority (Gregory & Dickinson, 2012). | |
| Indian Spotted Eagle | Clanga hastata (Lesson, 1831) | OR : n India | ||
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga (Pallas, 1811) | EU : nw, c, e | ||
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi (Sundevall, 1850) | AF : widespread | TAX : Move Wahlberg‘s Eagle from Aquila to Hieraaetus (Helbig 2005, Lerner & Mindell 2005); retain Hieraaetus from Aquila contra BOU. | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | EU : sw, sc | ||
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides (Gould, 1841) | AU : Australia | ||
| Pygmy Eagle | Hieraaetus weiskei (Reichenow, 1900) | AU : New Guinea | AS, ENG : Hieraaetus weiskei is split from H.morphnoides (Bunce et al. 2005, Lerner & Mindell 2005, Gjershaug et al 2009, BLI); change English name from New Guinea Hawk-Eagle to Pygmy Eagle per Gjershaug et al 2009, Gregory in litt. | |
| Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii (Gurney, 1862) | AF : widespread | ||
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax (Temminck, 1828) | AF : widespread, also India | TAX : Tawny Eagle includes Indian Tawny Eagle Aquila vindhiana treated by some as full species (Ferguson-Lees et al 2005) | |
| A. r. vindhiana Franklin, 1831 | Pakistan, India, Nepal | |||
| A. r. belisarius (Levaillant, J, 1850) | Morocco and Algeria, s Mauritania to Ethiopia and sw Arabia south to DR Congo, Uganda and Kenya | |||
| A. r. rapax (Temminck, 1828) | s Kenya and DR Congo to South Africa | |||
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis Hodgson, 1833 | EU : c | ||
| A. n. orientalis Cabanis, 1854 | e Europe to c Kazakhstan | |||
| A. n. nipalensis Hodgson, 1833 | e Kazakhstan to n China | |||
| Spanish Imperial Eagle | Aquila adalberti Brehm, CL, 1861 | EU : Spain, Portugal, also Morocco | ||
| Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca Savigny, 1809 | EU : sw, c | ENG : Change English name of Aqulia heliaca from “Asian Imperial Eagle“ to more widely used “Eastern Imperial Eagle“ | |
| Gurney's Eagle | Aquila gurneyi Gray, GR, 1861 | AU : New Guinea, Moluccas | ||
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, MA, EU : widespread | ||
| A. c. chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758) | Europe to nc Asia | |||
| A. c. kamtschatica Severtsov, 1888 | ne Asia | |||
| A. c. japonica Severtsov, 1888 | Korea, Japan | |||
| A. c. daphanea Severtsov, 1888 | c Asia | |||
| A. c. homeyeri Severtsov, 1888 | Iberian Pen., n Africa through the Middle East to Iran and Uzbekistan | |||
| A. c. canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Alaska, Canada, w USA, wc Mexico | |||
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax (Latham, 1802) | AU : Australia, s New Guinea | ||
| A. a. audax (Latham, 1802) | Australia, s New Guinea | |||
| A. a. fleayi Condon & Amadon, 1954 | Tasmania | |||
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii Lesson, 1831 | AF : c, e, se, s | ||
| Cassin's Hawk-Eagle | Aquila africana (Cassin, 1865) | AF : w, wc | TAX, SEQ : Move Cassin‘s Hawk-Eagle from Spizaetus to Aquila (Haring et al. 2007); note gender agreement | |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata Vieillot, 1822 | EU, OR : Spain to India to s China, also n AF | TAX : Move Bonelli‘s Eagle from Hieraaetus to Aquila (Helbig 2005, Lerner & Mindell 2005; Bunce et al 2005); note gender change | |
| A. f. fasciata Vieillot, 1822 | n Africa and s Europe to s China and Indochina | |||
| A. f. renschi (Stresemann, 1932) | Lesser Sundas | |||
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster (Bonaparte, 1850) | AF : widespread | TAX : Move African Hawk-Eagle from Hieraaetus to Aquila (Helbig 2005, Lerner & Mindell 2005; Bunce et al 2005) | |
| Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus (Latham, 1790) | LA : e Mexico to se Brazil | PHY : The taxonomic position of Harpagus is unsettled. Griffiths et al (2007) place it basal to the accipitrines and buteonines. | |
| H. b. fasciatus Lawrence, 1869 | s Mexico to w Colombia and Ecuador | |||
| H. b. bidentatus (Latham, 1790) | e Colombia to Bolivia and e Brazil | |||
| Rufous-thighed Kite | Harpagus diodon (Temminck, 1823) | SA : e Amazonia, se SA | ||
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus (Temminck, 1824) | AF : widespread | ||
| K. m. monogrammicus (Temminck, 1824) | Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and Kenya | |||
| K. m. meridionalis (Hartlaub, 1860) | s Kenya to Angola, Namibia and South Africa | |||
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar (Daudin, 1800) | AF : widespread | ||
| M. g. niger (Vieillot, 1823) | Gambia and Senegal to Ethiopia to Cameroon and s Sudan, sw Arabia | |||
| M. g. aequatorius Clancey, 1987 | Ethiopia to Gabon, n Zambia and Mozambique | |||
| M. g. gabar (Daudin, 1800) | s Angola to s Mozambique amd South Africa | |||
| Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates Heuglin, 1861 | AF : widespread | ||
| M. m. theresae Meinertzhagen, R, 1939 | sw Morocco | |||
| M. m. ignoscens Friedmann, 1928 | sw Arabian Pen. | |||
| M. m. neumanni Hartert, 1914 | Mali to n Sudan | |||
| M. m. metabates Heuglin, 1861 | Senegal to Ethiopia and n Tanzania | |||
| M. m. mechowi Cabanis, 1882 | Gabon to s Tanzania south to Angola and South Africa | |||
| Eastern Chanting Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus Cabanis, 1868 | AF : e | ||
| Pale Chanting Goshawk | Melierax canorus (Thunberg, 1799) | AF : s | ||
| Long-tailed Hawk | Urotriorchis macrourus (Hartlaub, 1855) | AF : w, wc | PHY : Relationships of Long-tailed Hawk uncertain | |
| Chestnut-shouldered Goshawk | Erythrotriorchis buergersi (Reichenow, 1914) | AU : New Guinea | PHY : Relationships of Erythrotriorchis goshawks uncertain
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| Red Goshawk | Erythrotriorchis radiatus (Latham, 1802) | AU : n, e Australia | ||
| Doria's Goshawk | Megatriorchis doriae Salvadori & d'Albertis, 1875 | AU : New Guinea | PHY : Relationships of Doria‘s Goshawk uncertain | |
| Tiny Hawk | Accipiter superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1766) | LA : Nicaragua to n Argentina | PHY : The genus Accipiter needs a thorough revision. Tiny Hawk (and Semicollared Hawk) may not belong in Accipiter, but rather Hieraspiza (Olson 2006, Kocum dissertation, Boyd TIF) | |
| A. s. fontainieri Bonaparte, 1853 | Nicaragua to w Colombia and Ecuador | |||
| A. s. superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Venezuela and the Guianas to e Peru and n Argentina | |||
| Semicollared Hawk | Accipiter collaris Sclater, PL, 1860 | SA : Venezuela to Peru | ||
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus (Temminck, 1824) | OR : widespread | ||
| A. t. indicus (Hodgson, 1836) | ne India to s China, Indochina and the Malay Pen. | |||
| A. t. formosae Mayr, 1949 | Taiwan | |||
| A. t. peninsulae Koelz, 1949 | sw India | |||
| A. t. layardi (Whistler, 1936) | Sri Lanka | |||
| A. t. trivirgatus (Temminck, 1824) | Sumatra | |||
| A. t. niasensis Mayr, 1949 | Nias I. (off w Sumatra) | |||
| A. t. javanicus Mayr, 1949 | Java | |||
| A. t. microstictus Mayr, 1949 | Borneo | |||
| A. t. palawanus Mayr, 1949 | Palawan and Calamian Is. (w Philippines) | |||
| A. t. castroi Manuel & Gilliard, 1952 | Polillo Is. (n Philippines) | |||
| A. t. extimus Mayr, 1945 | se Philippine islands | |||
| Sulawesi Goshawk | Accipiter griseiceps (Kaup, 1848) | AU : Sulawesi | ||
| Grey-bellied Hawk | Accipiter poliogaster (Temminck, 1824) | SA : n, c, se | ||
| Red-chested Goshawk | Accipiter toussenelii (Verreaux, J, Verreaux, E & Des Murs, 1855) | AF : w, wc | ||
| A. t. macrocelides (Hartlaub, 1855) | Senegal and Gambia to w Cameroon | |||
| A. t. lopezi (Alexander, 1903) | Bioko (Gulf of Guinea) | |||
| A. t. toussenelii (Verreaux, J, Verreaux, E & Des Murs, 1855) | s Cameroon to n and w DR Congo | |||
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro (Daudin, 1800) | AF : e, sc, s | PS : | |
| A. t. canescens (Chapin, 1921) | e DR Congo to w Uganda | |||
| A. t. unduliventer (Rüppell, 1836) | Eritrea, n and e Ethiopia | |||
| A. t. croizati Desfayes, 1974 | sw Ethiopia | |||
| A. t. sparsimfasciatus (Reichenow, 1895) | Somalia to Angola, Zambia and Mozambique | |||
| A. t. pembaensis Benson & Elliott, HFI, 1975 | Pemba I. (off Tanzania) | |||
| A. t. tachiro (Daudin, 1800) | s Angola to Mozambique and South Africa | |||
| Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk | Accipiter castanilius Bonaparte, 1853 | AF : wc | ||
| A. c. castanilius Bonaparte, 1853 | s Nigeria to Gabon and w DR Congo | |||
| A. c. beniensis Lönnberg, 1917 | e DR Congo | |||
| Shikra | Accipiter badius (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | AF, OR : widespread, also s EU | ||
| A. b. sphenurus (Rüppell, 1836) | Senegal and Gambia to sw Arabia south to n Tanzania and n DR Congo | |||
| A. b. polyzonoides Smith, A, 1838 | s DR Congo and s Tanzania to South Africa | |||
| A. b. cenchroides (Severtsov, 1873) | Caucasus to c Asia and nw India | |||
| A. b. dussumieri (Temminck, 1824) | c India, Bangladesh | |||
| A. b. poliopsis (Hume, 1874) | n India to s China and Indochina | |||
| A. b. badius (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | sw India, Sri Lanka | |||
| Nicobar Sparrowhawk | Accipiter butleri (Gurney Jr, 1898) | OR : Nicobar Islands | ||
| A. b. butleri (Gurney Jr, 1898) | Car Nicobar (n Nicobar Islands) | |||
| A. b. obsoletus (Richmond, 1902) | Katchall and Camorta (c Nicobar Islands) | |||
| Levant Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brevipes (Severtsov, 1850) | EU : sw | ||
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis (Horsfield, 1821) | EU : e | ||
| Frances's Sparrowhawk | Accipiter francesiae Smith, A, 1834 | AF : Madagascar region | ||
| A. f. francesiae Smith, A, 1834 | Madagascar | |||
| A. f. griveaudi Benson, 1960 | Grande Comoro I. (Comoro Is.) | |||
| A. f. pusillus † (Gurney, 1875) | Anjouan (Comoro Is.) | |||
| A. f. brutus (Schlegel, 1865) | Mayote (Comoro Is.) | |||
| Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk | Accipiter trinotatus Bonaparte, 1850 | AU : Sulawesi | ||
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | AU : Australia, Tasmania | ||
| Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster (Müller, S, 1841) | AU : Moluccas to New Guinea and Solomon Is. | AS : Accipiter hiogaster is split from A. novaehollandiae (Ferguson-Lees & Christie 2001, Christidis & Boles 2008) | |
| A. h. sylvestris Wallace, 1864 | Lesser Sundas | |||
| A. h. polionotus (Salvadori, 1889) | Tanimbar Is. and other islands in the Banda Sea | |||
| A. h. mortyi Hartert, 1925 | Morotai I. (n Moluccas) | |||
| A. h. griseogularis (Gray, GR, 1861) | Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore and Bacan (n Moluccas) | |||
| A. h. obiensis (Hartert, 1903) | Obi I. (c Moluccas) | |||
| A. h. hiogaster (Müller, S, 1841) | s Moluccas | |||
| A. h. pallidiceps (Salvadori, 1879) | Buru I. (s Moluccas) | |||
| A. h. albiventris (Salvadori, 1876) | Tayandu and Kai Is (w of New Guinea) | |||
| A. h. leucosomus (Sharpe, 1874) | New Guinea | |||
| A. h. misoriensis (Salvadori, 1876) | Biak I. (n of New Guinea) | |||
| A. h. pallidimas Mayr, 1940 | D'Entrecasteaux Arch. (e New Guinea) | |||
| A. h. misulae Mayr, 1940 | Louisiade Arch. (se New Guinea) | |||
| A. h. lavongai Mayr, 1945 | Tabar I., New Hanover and New Ireland (Bismarck Arch.) | |||
| A. h. matthiae Mayr, 1945 | St. Matthias I. (Bismarck Arch.) | |||
| A. h. manusi Mayr, 1945 | Admiralty Is. | |||
| A. h. dampieri (Gurney, 1882) | Umboi I., New Britain (Bismarck Arch.) | |||
| A. h. lihirensis Stresemann, 1933 | Lihir and Tanga Is. (Bismarck Arch.) | |||
| A. h. bougainvillei (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905) | Bougainville, Shortland Is. (Solomon Is.) | |||
| A. h. rufoschistaceus (Rothschild & Hartert, 1902) | Choiseul, Santa Isabel and Florida Is. (Solomon Is.) | |||
| A. h. rubianae (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905) | c Solomon Is. | |||
| A. h. malaitae Mayr, 1931 | Malaita I. (se Solomon Is.) | |||
| A. h. pulchellus (Ramsay, EP, 1882) | Guadalcanal I. (sw Solomon Is.) | |||
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) | AU : widespread | ||
| A. f. natalis (Lister, 1889) | Christmas I. (Indian Ocean) | |||
| A. f. wallacii (Sharpe, 1874) | Lombok to Damar and Moa (Lesser Sundas) | |||
| A. f. tjendanae Stresemann, 1925 | Sumba I. (s Lesser Sundas) | |||
| A. f. stresemanni Rensch, 1931 | islands s of Sulawesi | |||
| A. f. savu Mayr, 1941 | Savu I. (Lesser Sundas) | |||
| A. f. hellmayri Stresemann, 1922 | Timor, Alor, Semau and Roti (Lesser Sundas) | |||
| A. f. buruensis Stresemann, 1914 | Buru (Moluccas) | |||
| A. f. dogwa Rand, 1941 | s New Guinea | |||
| A. f. polycryptus Rothschild & Hartert, 1915 | e New Guinea | |||
| A. f. vigilax (Wetmore, 1926) | New Caledonia, Loyalty Is. and Vanuatu | |||
| A. f. didimus (Mathews, 1912) | n Australia | |||
| A. f. fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) | Australia, e Solomon Is. | |||
| Black-mantled Goshawk | Accipiter melanochlamys (Salvadori, 1876) | AU : New Guinea | ||
| A. m. melanochlamys (Salvadori, 1876) | nw New Guinea | |||
| A. m. schistacinus (Rothschild & Hartert, 1913) | c and e New Guinea | |||
| Pied Goshawk | Accipiter albogularis Gray, GR, 1870 | AU : Solomon Islands | ||
| A. a. eichhorni Hartert, 1926 | Feni I. (Bismarck Arch.) | |||
| A. a. woodfordi (Sharpe, 1888) | Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Malaita, Choiseul Is. | |||
| A. a. gilvus Mayr, 1945 | New Georgis, Rendova, Vella Lavella, Kolombangara Is. | |||
| A. a. albogularis Gray, GR, 1870 | San Cristobal, Ugi, Santa Ana Is. | |||
| A. a. sharpei (Oustalet, 1875) | Santa Cruz group | |||
| White-bellied Goshawk | Accipiter haplochrous Sclater, PL, 1859 | AU : New Caledonia | ||
| Fiji Goshawk | Accipiter rufitorques (Peale, 1848) | AU : Fiji Islands | ||
| Moluccan Goshawk | Accipiter henicogrammus (Gray, GR, 1861) | AU : Moluccas | ||
| Slaty-mantled Goshawk | Accipiter luteoschistaceus Rothschild & Hartert, 1926 | AU : New Britain | ||
| Imitator Goshawk | Accipiter imitator Hartert, 1926 | AU : Solomon Islands | ||
| Grey-headed Goshawk | Accipiter poliocephalus Gray, GR, 1858 | AU : New Guinea | ||
| New Britain Goshawk | Accipiter princeps Mayr, 1934 | AU : New Britain | ||
| Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythropus (Hartlaub, 1855) | AF : w, wc | ||
| A. e. erythropus (Hartlaub, 1855) | Senegal and Gambia to Nigeria | |||
| A. e. zenkeri Reichenow, 1894 | Cameroon to w Uganda and n Angola | |||
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus (Daudin, 1800) | AF : s, sc, e | ||
| A. m. tropicalis Reichenow, 1898 | s Somalia coastally to e Mozambique | |||
| A. m. minullus (Daudin, 1800) | Ethiopia to Angola and South Africa | |||
| Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) | EU : c, e | ||
| A. g. sibiricus Stepanyan, 1959 | Mongolia to e China | |||
| A. g. gularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) | ne China, Russian Far East, Japan | |||
| A. g. iwasakii Mishima, 1962 | s Ryukyu Is.(Japan) | |||
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus (Temminck, 1822) | OR : widespread | ||
| A. v. affinis (Hodgson, 1836) | w Himalayas to central China and Indochina | |||
| A. v. fuscipectus Mees, 1970 | Taiwan | |||
| A. v. besra Jerdon, 1839 | s India, Sri Lanka | |||
| A. v. vanbemmeli Voous, 1950 | Sumatra | |||
| A. v. rufotibialis Sharpe, 1887 | n Borneo | |||
| A. v. virgatus (Temminck, 1822) | Java, Bali | |||
| A. v. quinquefasciatus Mees, 1984 | Flores (Lesser Sundas) | |||
| A. v. abdulalii Mees, 1981 | Andaman and Nicobar Is. | |||
| A. v. confusus Hartert, 1910 | n and c Philippines | |||
| A. v. quagga Parkes, 1973 | c and s Philippines | |||
| Dwarf Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nanus (Blasius, W, 1897) | AU : Sulawesi | ||
| Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythrauchen Gray, GR, 1861 | AU : Moluccas | ||
| A. e. erythrauchen Gray, GR, 1861 | n and c Moluccas | |||
| A. e. ceramensis (Schlegel, 1862) | s Moluccas | |||
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1817) | AU : Australia, New Guinea | ||
| A. c. papuanus (Rothschild & Hartert, 1913) | New Guinea and nearby islands | |||
| A. c. rosselianus Mayr, 1940 | Rossel I. (Louisiade Arch.) | |||
| A. c. cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1817) | Australia | |||
| New Britain Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brachyurus (Ramsay, EP, 1880) | AU : New Britain | ENG : Change English name of Accipiter brachyurus to New Britain Sparrowhawk (Gregory 2009) | |
| Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rhodogaster (Schlegel, 1862) | AU : Sulawesi | ||
| A. r. rhodogaster (Schlegel, 1862) | Sulawesi, Buton and Muna Is. | |||
| A. r. sulaensis (Schlegel, 1866) | Peleng, Banggai, Sula Is. | |||
| Madagascar Sparrowhawk | Accipiter madagascariensis Verreaux, J, 1833 | AF : Madagascar | ||
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis Gurney, 1875 | AF : ne, sc | ||
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : widespread | ||
| A. n. nisus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Europe to sw Siberia and c Asia | |||
| A. n. nisosimilis (Tickell, 1833) | nw Siberia to n China and Japan | |||
| A. n. dementjevi Stepanyan, 1958 | Pamir-Alai to Tien Shan Mts (c Asia) | |||
| A. n. melaschistos Hume, 1869 | e Afghanistan to sw China | |||
| A. n. wolterstorffi Kleinschmidt, O, 1901 | Corsica and Sardinia | |||
| A. n. punicus Erlanger, 1897 | nw Africa | |||
| A. n. granti Sharpe, 1890 | Madeira and Canary Is. | |||
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris Smith, A, 1830 | AF : e, se, s | ||
| A. r. perspicillaris (Rüppell, 1836) | Ethiopia | |||
| A. r. rufiventris Smith, A, 1830 | e DR Congo to Kenya and South Africa | |||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808 | NA, MA : widespread | ||
| A. s. perobscurus Snyder, 1938 | Queen Charlotte Is. (British Columbia, Canada) | |||
| A. s. velox (Wilson, A, 1812) | Canada, USA | |||
| A. s. suttoni van Rossem, 1939 | s New Mexico (sw USA) to e Mexico | |||
| A. s. madrensis Storer, 1952 | sw Mexico | |||
| A. s. fringilloides Vigors, 1827 | Cuba | |||
| A. s. striatus Vieillot, 1808 | Hispaniola | |||
| A. s. venator Wetmore, 1914 | Puerto Rico | |||
| White-breasted Hawk | Accipiter chionogaster (Kaup, 1852) | MA : s Mexico to Nicaragua | AS : We follow Ferguson-Lees and Christie (2005) in splitting Accipiter chionogaster from A.striatus | |
| Plain-breasted Hawk | Accipiter ventralis Sclater, PL, 1866 | SA : Venezuela to w Bolivia | ||
| Rufous-thighed Hawk | Accipiter erythronemius (Kaup, 1850) | SA : sc, se | ||
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | NA, MA : s Canada to Honduras | ||
| Gundlach's Hawk | Accipiter gundlachi Lawrence, 1861 | NA : Cuba | ||
| A. g. gundlachi Lawrence, 1861 | w and c Cuba | |||
| A. g. wileyi Wotzkow, 1991 | e Cuba | |||
| Bicolored Hawk | Accipiter bicolor (Vieillot, 1817) | LA : s Mexico to n Argentina | ||
| A. b. bicolor (Vieillot, 1817) | se Mexico to the Guianas, n Brazil and e Peru | |||
| A. b. fidens Bangs & Noble, 1918 | sw Mexico | |||
| A. b. guttifer Hellmayr, 1917 | s Bolivia, sw Brazil, Paraguary, n Argentina | |||
| A. b. pileatus (Temminck, 1823) | c and s Brazil, ne Argentina | |||
| Chilean Hawk | Accipiter chilensis Philippi & Landbeck, 1864 | SA : sw | AS : Accipiter chilensis is split from A. bicolor (Jaramillo 2003); SACC needs proposal | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus Smith, A, 1830 | AF : widespread | ||
| A. m. temminckii (Hartlaub, 1855) | Liberia to n Angola | |||
| A. m. melanoleucus Smith, A, 1830 | Sudan and Ethiopia through e Africa to South Africa | |||
| Henst's Goshawk | Accipiter henstii (Schlegel, 1873) | AF : Madagascar | ||
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA, MA, EU : widespread | ||
| A. g. buteoides (Menzbier, 1882) | n Eurasia | |||
| A. g. albidus (Menzbier, 1882) | ne Siberia | |||
| A. g. schvedowi (Menzbier, 1882) | ne Asia to c China | |||
| A. g. fujiyamae (Swann & Hartert, 1923) | Japan | |||
| A. g. gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758) | c and n Europe | |||
| A. g. marginatus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783) | Italy and the Balkans to Caucasus and n Iran | |||
| A. g. arrigonii (Kleinschmidt, O, 1903) | Corsica, Sardinia | |||
| A. g. atricapillus (Wilson, A, 1812) | North America (except sw Canada, sw USA and nw Mexico) | |||
| A. g. laingi (Taverner, 1940) | islands of British Columbia (sw Canada) | |||
| A. g. apache van Rossem, 1938 | sw USA, nw Mexico | |||
| Meyer's Goshawk | Accipiter meyerianus (Sharpe, 1878) | AU : New Guinea, New Britain, Solomon Islands | ||
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : w, wc | PHY : Species compositions of Circus vs Accipiter need revision (Lerner et al 2008) | |
| C. a. aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Europe and the Middle East to c Asia | |||
| C. a. harterti Zedlitz, 1914 | nw Africa | |||
| Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus Kaup, 1847 | EU : e | |
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| Papuan Harrier | Circus spilothorax Salvadori & d'Albertis, 1875 | AU : c, e New Guinea | AS : Circus spilothorax is split from Eastern Marsh Harrier C. spilonotus (Simmons 2000, Ferguson-Lees & Christie 2005) | |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans Peale, 1848 | AU : widespread | ||
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus (Daudin, 1800) | AF : e, s | ||
| Reunion Harrier | Circus maillardi Verreaux, J, 1862 | AF : La Réunion | ENG : Change English name of Circus maillardi from Malagasy Marsh Harrier to Reunion Harrier with split of C. macroceles | |
| Malagasy Harrier | Circus macrosceles Newton, A, 1863 | AF : Madagascar, Comoro Is | AS : Circus macrosceles is split from C.maillardi (Simmons 2000); recognized by BLI | |
| Long-winged Harrier | Circus buffoni (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | SA : n, ec, se | ||
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828 | AU : widespread | ||
| Black Harrier | Circus maurus (Temminck, 1828) | AF : s | ||
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) | EU : Europe, c and n Asia | ENG : CHANGE English name of Circus cyaneus to Hen Harrier with split of New World C.hudsonius | |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus, 1766) | NA, MA : Widespread | AS : Resplit Northern Harriers of NA hudsonius from those of Eurasia C. cyaneus to previous status as separate species (Simmons 2000 (Harriers), Ferguson-Lees & Christie 2001, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, Smith et al 2011, Dobson & Clarke 2011) | |
| Cinereous Harrier | Circus cinereus Vieillot, 1816 | SA : w, s | ||
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus (Gmelin, SG, 1770) | EU : c | ||
| Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos (Pennant, 1769) | EU : e | ||
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : w, c | ||
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : Europe | PHY : Milvus and Haliastur are closely related to the sea eagles and buteonines ( Wink & Sauer-Gürth 2004, Lerner & Mindell 2005, Griffiths et al 2007). | |
| M. m. milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Europe and nw Africa to the Middle East | |||
| M. m. fasciicauda Hartert, 1914 | Cape Verde Is. | |||
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) | EU, AF, OR, AU : widespread | ||
| M. m. migrans (Boddaert, 1783) | s and c Europe to n Africa and sc Asia | |||
| M. m. lineatus (Gray, JE, 1831) | Siberia to Japan, Indochina and India | |||
| M. m. govinda Sykes, 1832 | Pakistan and India to Malay Pen. and s Indochina | |||
| M. m. formosanus Kuroda, 1920 | Taiwan and Hainan (off se China) | |||
| M. m. affinis Gould, 1838 | Lesser Sundas to Australia | |||
| Yellow-billed Kite | Milvus aegyptius (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | AF : Widespread | AS : Yellow-billed Kite is genetically divergent and split from Black Kite (Johnson et al. 2005, IOC advisor consensus; cf Brooke 1974 , Crockett 2005, Clark comments) | |
| M. a. aegyptius (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | Egypt, ne Africa, sw Arabia | |||
| M. a. parasitus (Daudin, 1800) | Africa south of the Sahara, Comoros and Madagascar | |||
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) | AU : widespread | ||
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus (Boddaert, 1783) | OR, AU : Pakistan to n Australia | ||
| H. i. indus (Boddaert, 1783) | India to s China and Vietnam | |||
| H. i. intermedius Blyth, 1865 | Malay Pen., Greater and Lesser Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi | |||
| H. i. girrenera (Vieillot, 1822) | Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and n Australia | |||
| H. i. flavirostris Condon & Amadon, 1954 | Solomon Is. | |||
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | OR, AU : India to Tasmania | ||
| Sanford's Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus sanfordi Mayr, 1935 | AU : Solomon Islands | ENG : Change English name of Haliaeetus sanfordi to Sanford‘s Sea Eagle (Gregory 2009) | |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer (Daudin, 1800) | AF : widespread | ||
| Madagascar Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vociferoides Des Murs, 1845 | AF : Madagascar | ||
| Pallas's Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771) | EU : c, also n India | ||
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : widespread | ||
| H. a. albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | Europe, n Asia to India and China | |||
| H. a. groenlandicus Brehm, CL, 1831 | Greenland | |||
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) | NA : widespread, also nw Mexico | ||
| H. l. washingtoniensis (Audubon, 1827) | Alaska, Canada, n USA | |||
| H. l. leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) | s USA, nw Mexico | |||
| Steller's Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus pelagicus (Pallas, 1811) | EU : ne | ||
| Lesser Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus humilis (Müller, S & Schlegel, 1841) | OR : widespread | PHY, TAX : Merge Lesser and Grey-headed Fish Eagles Icthyophaga into Haliaetus (Lerner and Mindell 2005) | |
| H. h. plumbeus (Jerdon, 1871) | Himalayas to s China and n Indochina | |||
| H. h. humilis (Müller, S & Schlegel, 1841) | Malay Pen., Borneo, Sumatra and Sulawesi | |||
| Grey-headed Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus ichthyaetus (Horsfield, 1821) | OR : widespread | ||
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis (Sundevall, 1850) | AF : e, c, w | ||
| White-eyed Buzzard | Butastur teesa (Franklin, 1831) | OR : Pakistan to Burma | ||
| Rufous-winged Buzzard | Butastur liventer (Temminck, 1827) | OR : Southeast Asia, Java, also Sulawesi | ||
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | EU : e | ||
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis (Wilson, A, 1811) | NA : se, c | ||
| Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | LA : ne Mexico to n Argentina | ||
| Black-collared Hawk | Busarellus nigricollis (Latham, 1790) | LA : c Mexico to n Argentina | ||
| B. n. nigricollis (Latham, 1790) | Mexico to Brazil | |||
| B. n. leucocephalus (Vieillot, 1816) | Paraguay, Uruguay, n Argentina | |||
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis (Vieillot, 1817) | NA, LA : s Florida and Caribbean to ne Argentina | ||
| R. s. plumbeus Ridgway, 1874 | Florida (USA) | |||
| R. s. levis Friedmann, 1933 | Cuba | |||
| R. s. major Nelson & Goldman, 1933 | e Mexico, Guatemala, Belize | |||
| R. s. sociabilis (Vieillot, 1817) | Honduras and Nicaragua to n Argentina | |||
| Slender-billed Kite | Helicolestes hamatus (Temminck, 1821) | LA : e Panama through Amazonia | ||
| Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817) | LA : Mexico to Uruguay | ||
| G. c. livens Bangs & Penard, TE, 1921 | nw Mexico | |||
| G. c. nigra (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847) | Mexico to c Panama | |||
| G. c. balzarensis Sclater, WL, 1918 | e Panama to nw Peru | |||
| G. c. caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817) | e Colombia to the Guianas to e Peru and Amazonian Brazil | |||
| G. c. gracilis (Temminck, 1821) | ne Brazil | |||
| G. c. flexipes Peters, JL, 1935 | s Brazil to Paraguay, Bolivia, n Argentina and Uruguay | |||
| Plumbeous Hawk | Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea (Salvin, 1872) | SA : Colombia to Peru | PHY, TAX : Generic reassignments of the South American buteonines follow SACC proposals 460 and 492. | |
| Slate-colored Hawk | Buteogallus schistaceus (Sundevall, 1850) | SA : Amazonia | ||
| Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus (Deppe, 1830) | NA, LA : sw USA to nw SA | TAX : Buteogallus anthracinus includes the Mangrove Black Hawk B. subtilus as a subspecies (Clark 2007, SACC 294, NACC) | |
| B. a. anthracinus (Deppe, 1830) | sw USA to n South America | |||
| B. a. utilensis Twomey, 1956 | islands in the Gulf of Honduras | |||
| B. a. rhizophorae Monroe, 1963 | Pacific coasts of El Salvador and Honduras | |||
| B. a. bangsi (Swann, 1922) | Pacific coasts of Costa Rica and Panama | |||
| B. a. subtilis (Thayer & Bangs, 1905) | Pacific coasts of Colombia, Ecuador and n Peru | |||
| Cuban Black Hawk | Buteogallus gundlachii (Cabanis, 1855) | NA : Cuba | AS : Buteogallus gundlachii is split from B. anthracinus (Wiley & Garrido 2005; AOU 2007) | |
| Rufous Crab Hawk | Buteogallus aequinoctialis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | SA : n, e coasts | ||
| Savanna Hawk | Buteogallus meridionalis (Latham, 1790) | LA : Panama to n Argentina | ||
| White-necked Hawk | Buteogallus lacernulatus (Temminck, 1827) | SA : e Brazil | ||
| Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | LA : Mexico to n Argentina | ||
| B. u. ridgwayi (Gurney, 1884) | Mexico to w Panama | |||
| B. u. urubitinga (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | e Panama to n Argentina | |||
| Montane Solitary Eagle | Buteogallus solitarius (Tschudi, 1844) | LA : Mexico to w, n SA | ||
| B. s. sheffleri (van Rossem, 1948) | s Mexico to Panama | |||
| B. s. solitarius (Tschudi, 1844) | Colombia to the Guianas and nw Argentina | |||
| Crowned Solitary Eagle | Buteogallus coronatus (Vieillot, 1817) | SA : se, sc | ||
| Barred Hawk | Morphnarchus princeps (Sclater, PL, 1865) | LA : Costa Rica to n Ecuador | ||
| Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | LA : Mexico to ne Argentina | ||
| R. m. griseocauda (Ridgway, 1874) | Mexico to w Panama | |||
| R. m. conspectus Peters, JL, 1913 | se Mexico, n Belize | |||
| R. m. gracilis Ridgway, 1885 | Cozumel and Holbox Is. (Mexico) | |||
| R. m. sinushonduri (Bond, 1936) | Bonacca and Ruatan Is. (Honduras) | |||
| R. m. ruficaudus (Sclater, PL, & Salvin, 1869) |
sw Costa Rica, sw Panama |
TAX : Rupornis magnirostris ruficaudus (Sclater, PL, & Salvin, 1869) replaces Buteo magnirostris petulans van Rossem, 1935 when Roadside Hawk is placed in Rupornis.
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| R. m. alius Peters, JL & Griscom, 1929 | Pearl Is. (Panama) | |||
| R. m. magnirostris (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | South America north of the Amazon | |||
| R. m. occiduus Bangs, 1911 | w Brazil, e Peru and n Bolivia | |||
| R. m. saturatus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1876) | Bolivia and sw Brazil to w Argentina | |||
| R. m. nattereri (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869) | ne Brazil | |||
| R. m. magniplumis (Bertoni, W, 1901) | s Brazil, ne Argentina | |||
| R. m. pucherani (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1855) | Uruguay, e Argentina | |||
| Harris's Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus (Temminck, 1824) | NA, LA : sw USA to s Argentina and Chile | ||
| P. u. harrisi (Audubon, 1838) | sw USA to w Colombia, Ecuador and Peru | |||
| P. u. unicinctus (Temminck, 1824) | e Colombia and Venezuela to n Argentina and s Chile | |||
| White-rumped Hawk | Parabuteo leucorrhous (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | SA : Venezuela to nw Bolivia, se | ||
| White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus Vieillot, 1816 | NA, LA : sw USA to c Argentina | PHY,TAX : Expand Geranoaetus to include Buteo polyosoma and B. albicaudatus (SACC 460) | |
| G. a. hypospodius (Gurney, 1876) | s Texas (USA) to n Colombia and nw Venezuela | |||
| G. a. colonus (Berlepsch, 1892) | Netherlands Antilles, n South America | |||
| G. a. albicaudatus (Vieillot, 1816) | s South America | |||
| Variable Hawk | Geranoaetus polyosoma (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | SA : w, Southern Cone | TAX : Geranoaetus [Buteo] polyosoma includes B. exsul and G. poecilochrous, currently recognized by some; SACC 317 treats as conspecific | |
| G. p. polyosoma (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | Andes from w Colombia to Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Is. | |||
| G. p. exsul (Salvin, 1875) | Juan Fernandez Is. (Chile) | |||
| G. p. poecilochrous (Gurney, 1879) | Andes from s Colombia to s Ecuador | |||
| G. p. fjeldsai (Cabot, J & de Vries, 2009) | Andes from n Peru to nw Argentina | |||
| Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle | Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819) | SA : Venezuela to s Chile, se | ||
| G. m. australis Swann, 1922 | Andes of w Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego | |||
| G. m. melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819) | s Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, ne Argentina | |||
| Mantled Hawk | Pseudastur polionotus (Kaup, 1847) | SA : e Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay | ||
| White Hawk | Pseudastur albicollis (Latham, 1790) | LA : s Mexico through Amazonia | ||
| P. a. ghiesbreghti (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1845) | Mexico to Guatemala and Belize | |||
| P. a. costaricensis (Sclater, WL, 1919) | Honduras to nw Colombia | |||
| P. a. williaminae (Meyer de Schauensee, 1950) | nw Colombia to nw Venezuela | |||
| P. a. albicollis (Latham, 1790) | Trinidad, c Venezuela, the Guianas to Bolivia | PS : Species boundaries in the White Hawk complex need revision (Raposo do Amaral et al. 2009, SACC, Mindell, Clark) | ||
| Grey-backed Hawk | Pseudastur occidentalis (Salvin, 1876) | SA : w Ecuador, nw Peru | ||
| Semiplumbeous Hawk | Leucopternis semiplumbeus Lawrence, 1861 | LA : Honduras to nw Ecuador | ||
| Black-faced Hawk | Leucopternis melanops (Latham, 1790) | SA : n Amazonia | ||
| White-browed Hawk | Leucopternis kuhli Bonaparte, 1850 | SA : s Amazonia | ||
| Grey Hawk | Buteo plagiatus (Schlegel, 1862) | NA, MA : sw USA to nw Costa Rica | AS : Split Grey-lined Hawk (B. nitidus) and Grey Hawk (B. plagiatus) ( Sibley & Monroe 1993, Millsap et al 2011, NACC 2011-A-4) | |
| Grey-lined Hawk | Buteo nitidus (Latham, 1790) | LA : Costa Rica to nc Argentina | ||
| B. n. blakei Hellmayr & Conover, 1949 | sw Costa Rica to w Ecuador | |||
| B. n. nitidus (Latham, 1790) | Trinidad, n Amazonia | |||
| B. n. pallidus (Todd, 1915) | s Brazil, e Bolivia, Paraguay, n Argentina | |||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | NA : se, c, also ne Mexico | ||
| B. l. lineatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | e North America | |||
| B. l. alleni Ridgway, 1885 | sc Texas to North Carolina and n Florida (USA) | |||
| B. l. extimus Bangs, 1920 | s Florida and the Florida Keys (USA) | |||
| B. l. texanus Bishop, 1912 | s Texas (USA) to se Mexico | |||
| B. l. elegans Cassin, 1855 | s Oregon (USA) to Baja California (Mexico) | |||
| Ridgway's Hawk | Buteo ridgwayi (Cory, 1883) | NA : Hispaniola | ||
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus (Vieillot, 1823) | NA : e, c | ||
| B. p. platypterus (Vieillot, 1823) | c and se Canada, e USA | |||
| B. p. cubanensis Burns, 1911 | Cuba | |||
| B. p. brunnescens Danforth & Smyth, 1935 | Puerto Rico | |||
| B. p. insulicola Riley, 1908 | Antigua I. (Lesser Antilles) | |||
| B. p. rivierei Verrill, AH, 1905 | Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia (Lesser Antilles) | |||
| B. p. antillarum Clark, AH, 1905 | St. Vincent, Grenada (Lesser Antilles) Tobago | |||
| White-throated Hawk | Buteo albigula Philippi, 1899 | SA : Venezuela to c Chile | ||
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus Vieillot, 1816 | LA : e Mexico to n Argentina, also s Florida | ||
| B. b. fuliginosus Sclater, PL, 1858 | s Florida (USA), e Mexico to Panama | |||
| B. b. brachyurus Vieillot, 1816 | South America | |||
| Hawaiian Hawk | Buteo solitarius Peale, 1848 | PO : Hawaiian Islands | ||
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte, 1838 | NA, MA : nw, wc | ||
| Galapagos Hawk | Buteo galapagoensis (Gould, 1837) | SA : Galápagos Islands | ||
| Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus Kaup, 1847 | NA, LA : sw USA to Paraguay | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | NA, MA : widespread | ||
| B. j. alascensis Grinnell, 1909 | se Alaska, sw Canada | |||
| B. j. harlani (Audubon, 1830) | c Alaska, nw Canada | PS : The highly variable Harlan's Hawk harlani may be specifically distinct (Clark 2009, BNA 2009) | ||
| B. j. calurus Cassin, 1855 |
w North America, Socorro Is. |
TAX : Includes ssp socorroensis. Preston & Beane, 2009. BNA On-line. | ||
| B. j. borealis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | e North America | TAX : Proposed ssp kriderii regarded as a white morph of B. j. borealis. Preston & Beane, 2009. BNA On-line. | ||
| B. j. suttoni Dickerman, 1993 | s Baja California (Mexico) | |||
| B. j. fuertesi Sutton & van Tyne, 1935 | sw USA, n Mexico | |||
| B. j. fumosus Nelson, 1898 | Tres Marias Is. (off wc Mexico) | |||
| B. j. hadropus Storer, 1962 | c Mexico | |||
| B. j. kemsiesi Oberholser, 1959 | s Mexico to Nicaragua | |||
| B. j. costaricensis Ridgway, 1874 | Costa Rica, w Panama | |||
| B. j. umbrinus Bangs, 1901 |
Florida (USA), Bahamas, Cuba |
TAX : Includes solitudinis. Preston & Beane, 2009. BNA On-line. | ||
| B. j. jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, n Lesser Antilles | |||
| Rufous-tailed Hawk | Buteo ventralis Gould, 1837 | SA : s | ||
| Ferruginous Hawk | Buteo regalis (Gray, GR, 1844) | NA : w, wc | ||
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | NA, EU : widespread | ENG : Change English name of Buteo lagopus from “Roughleg“, suggested to compromise, to Rough-legged Buzzard | |
| B. l. lagopus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | n Eurasia | |||
| B. l. menzbieri Dementiev, 1951 | ne Asia | |||
| B. l. kamtschatkensis Dementiev, 1931 | Kamchatka Pen. | |||
| B. l. sanctijohannis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | Alaska, Canada | |||
| Upland Buzzard | Buteo hemilasius Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | EU : e | ||
| Eastern Buzzard | Buteo japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | OR : c, s Siberia, Mongolia, ne China, Japan | AS : Buteo japonicus is split from B.buteo (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, Lerner et al. 2008) | |
| B. j. japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | c and ne Asia to Japan | |||
| B. j. toyoshimai Momiyama, 1927 | Izu and Bonin Is. (s Japan) | |||
| B. j. oshiroi Kuroda Nagahisa, 1971 | Daito Is. (s Japan) | |||
| Himalayan Buzzard | Buteo burmanicus Hume, 1875 | OR : Himalayas | AS : Himalayan Buzzard is split from B.buteo (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, Lerner et al. 2008); correct species name is burmanicus not refectus(Penhallurik & Dickinson, 2008) | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus (Cretzschmar, 1829) | EU, AF : sw, sc | ||
| B. r. rufinus (Cretzschmar, 1829) | c Europe to c Asia | |||
| B. r. cirtensis (Levaillant, J, 1850) | Mauritania to Egypt and the Arabian Pen. | |||
| Cape Verde Buzzard | Buteo bannermani Swann, 1919 | AF : Cape Verde Is. | AS : Cape Verde Buzzard is split from Common/Eurasian Buzzard (Clouet & Wink 2000; Clements 2011; OTHER) | |
| Socotra Buzzard | Buteo socotraensis Porter & Kirwan, 2010 | AF : Socotra | AS : Socotra Buzzard is split from B. buteo (Porter & Kirwan 2010); probably related to B. rufinus and B.bannermani (Clouet & Wink 2000) | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : widespread | ||
| B. b. insularum Floericke, 1903 | Canary Is. and Azores | |||
| B. b. harterti Swann, 1919 | Madeira | |||
| B. b. pojana (Savi, 1831) | Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, c and s Italy | |||
| B. b. buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) | Europe e to Finland, Romania and Turkey | |||
| B. b. menetriesi Bogdanov, 1879 | e Turkey through the Caucasus to n Iran | |||
| B. b. vulpinus (Gloger, 1833) | n and e Europe, c Asia | |||
| Forest Buzzard | Buteo trizonatus Rudebeck, 1957 | AF : s | TAX : see Clark 2007 re species status of Forest Buzzard | |
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus Hartert & Neumann, 1914 | AF : e | ||
| Archer's Buzzard | Buteo archeri Sclater, WL, 1918 | AF : n Somalia | PL : Archer‘s Buzzard is split from Augur Buzzard (Riesing et al 2003, HBW 2, cf Clark 2003) but possibly a rufous morph of Augur Buzzard. B. archeri. Often regarded as conspicific with B. augur, but appears not related to the B. augur/B. rufofuscus clade; is basal to the clade that includes most of the African buteos (Riesing et al 2003). Genetic data require confirmation (Clark comment). | |
| Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis Salvadori, 1865 | AF : w, c | ||
| Madagascar Buzzard | Buteo brachypterus Hartlaub, 1860 | AF : Madagascar | ||
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur (Rüppell, 1836) | AF : e, sc | ||
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus (Forster, JR, 1798) | AF : s | ||
ORDER FALCONIFORMES |
PHY, SEQ : The Falconidae are not members of the Accipitriformes, but a separate lineage and Order more closely related to parrots and in turn the Passeriformes (Hackett et al. 2008). Will resequence in the future. | |||
Caracaras, Falcons (67) |
Family Falconidae |
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| Black Caracara | Daptrius ater Vieillot, 1816 | SA : Amazonia | ||
| Red-throated Caracara | Ibycter americanus (Boddaert, 1783) | LA : s Mexico to s Brazil | ||
| Carunculated Caracara | Phalcoboenus carunculatus Des Murs, 1853 | SA : Ecuador, sw Colombia | ||
| Mountain Caracara | Phalcoboenus megalopterus (Meyen, 1834) | SA : Peru to c Chile | ||
| White-throated Caracara | Phalcoboenus albogularis (Gould, 1837) | SA : s Chile, s Argentina | ||
| Striated Caracara | Phalcoboenus australis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | SA : s islands | ||
| Northern Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway (Jacquin, 1784) | NA, LA : s USA to n SA | ||
| Guadalupe Caracara | Caracara lutosa † (Ridgway, 1876) | MA : Guadalupe I. (Mexico) | EXTINCT : | |
| Southern Crested Caracara | Caracara plancus (Miller, JF, 1777) | SA : s, sc | ||
| Yellow-headed Caracara | Milvago chimachima (Vieillot, 1816) | LA : Costa Rica to n Argentina | ||
| M. c. cordata Bangs & Penard, TE, 1918 | s Costa Rica through South America north of the Amazon | |||
| M. c. chimachima (Vieillot, 1816) | Amazon south to n Argentina | |||
| Chimango Caracara | Milvago chimango (Vieillot, 1816) | SA : Southern Cone | ||
| M. c. chimango (Vieillot, 1816) | s Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay to c Argentina and Chile | |||
| M. c. temucoensis Sclater, WL, 1918 | s Argentina and Chile to Tiera del Fuego | |||
| Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans (Linnaeus, 1758) | LA : Mexico to n Argentina | ||
| H. c. chapmani Bangs & Penard, TE, 1918 | Mexico to Honduras | |||
| H. c. cachinnans (Linnaeus, 1758) | Nicaragua to Peru and c Brazil | |||
| H. c. queribundus Bangs & Penard, TE, 1919 | e Bolivia to e Brazil, Paraguay and n Argentina | |||
| Barred Forest Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis (Vieillot, 1817) | LA : s Mexico to n Argentina | ||
| M. r. guerilla Cassin, 1849 | Mexico to Nicaragua | |||
| M. r. interstes Bangs, 1907 | Costa Rica to w Colombia and Ecuador | |||
| M. r. zonothorax (Cabanis, 1866) | e Colombia and n Venezuela south to Bolivia | |||
| M. r. concentricus (Lesson, 1830) | s Venezuela, the Guianas, Amazonia | |||
| M. r. ruficollis (Vieillot, 1817) | e Brazil, Paraguay, n Argentina | |||
| M. r. olrogi Amadon, 1964 | nw Argentina | |||
| Plumbeous Forest Falcon | Micrastur plumbeus Sclater, WL, 1918 | SA : sw Colombia, nw Ecuador | ||
| Lined Forest Falcon | Micrastur gilvicollis (Vieillot, 1817) | SA : Amazonia | ||
| Cryptic Forest Falcon | Micrastur mintoni Whittaker, 2003 | SA : e Amazonia s to Bolivia | ||
| Slaty-backed Forest Falcon | Micrastur mirandollei (Schlegel, 1862) | LA : Costa Rica to e Brazil | ||
| Collared Forest Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus (Vieillot, 1817) | LA : c Mexico to n Argentina | ||
| M. s. naso (Lesson, 1842) | Mexico to nw Peru | |||
| M. s. semitorquatus (Vieillot, 1817) | e Colombia through the Guianas and Brazil to n Argentina | |||
| Buckley's Forest Falcon | Micrastur buckleyi Swann, 1919 | SA : w Amazonia | ||
| Spot-winged Falconet | Spiziapteryx circumcincta (Kaup, 1852) | SA : sc | ||
| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus (Smith, A, 1836) | AF : e, s | ||
| P. s. castanonotus (Heuglin, 1860) | s Sudan and Ethiopia to c Tanzania | |||
| P. s. semitorquatus (Smith, A, 1836) | s Angola to nw South Africa | |||
| White-rumped Falcon | Polihierax insignis Walden, 1872 | OR : Southeast Asia | ||
| P. i. insignis Walden, 1872 | w and c Burma | |||
| P. i. cinereiceps Baker, ECS, 1927 | s Burma, nw Thailand | |||
| P. i. harmandi (Oustalet, 1876) | Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia | |||
| Collared Falconet | Microhierax caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | OR : ne India through Southeast Asia | ||
| M. c. caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | n India, Nepal | |||
| M. c. burmanicus Swann, 1920 | Burma to Indochina | |||
| Black-thighed Falconet | Microhierax fringillarius (Drapiez, 1824) | OR : Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas | ||
| White-fronted Falconet | Microhierax latifrons Sharpe, 1879 | OR : Borneo | ||
| Philippine Falconet | Microhierax erythrogenys (Vigors, 1831) | OR : Philippines | ||
| M. e. erythrogenys (Vigors, 1831) | n Philippines | |||
| M. e. meridionalis Ogilvie-Grant, 1897 | s Philippines | |||
| Pied Falconet | Microhierax melanoleucos (Blyth, 1843) | OR : ne India to s China and c Vietnam | ||
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni Fleischer, JG, 1818 | EU : sw, c, e | ||
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 | EU, AF : widespread | ||
| F. t. tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 | Europe and nw Africa to Siberia | |||
| F. t. perpallidus (Clark, AH, 1907) | ne Siberia to ne China and Korea | |||
| F. t. interstinctus McClelland, 1840 | Himalayas to Japan and Indochina | |||
| F. t. objurgatus (Baker, ECS, 1927) | s India, Sri Lanka | |||
| F. t. canariensis (Koenig, AF, 1890) | Madeira and w Canary Is. | |||
| F. t. dacotiae Hartert, 1913 | e Canary Is. | |||
| F. t. neglectus Schlegel, 1873 | n Cape Verde Is. | |||
| F. t. alexandri Bourne, 1955 | s Cape Verde Is. | |||
| F. t. rupicolaeformis (Brehm, CL, 1855) | ne Africa and Arabia | |||
| F. t. archeri Hartert & Neumann, 1932 | Socotra I., Somalia, ne Kenya | |||
| F. t. rufescens Swainson, 1837 | West Africa to Ethiopia south to n Angola and Tanzania | |||
| Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus Daudin, 1800 | AF : s Africa | AS : Falco rupicolus is split from F.tinnunculus ( Hockey, Dean & Ryan, eds. 2005) | |
| Malagasy Kestrel | Falco newtoni (Gurney, 1863) | AF : Madagascar, Aldabra Island | ||
| F. n. newtoni (Gurney, 1863) | Madagascar | |||
| F. n. aldabranus Grote, 1928 | Aldabra and Anjouan Is. | |||
| Mauritius Kestrel | Falco punctatus Temminck, 1821 | AF : Mauritius | ||
| Reunion Kestrel | Falco duboisi † Cowles, 1994 | IO : La Réunion | EXTINCT : Cheke, A & Hume, J. 2008. | |
| Seychelles Kestrel | Falco araeus (Oberholser, 1917) | AF : Seychelles Islands | ||
| Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis (Bonaparte, 1850) | OR, AU : Moluccas, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, Java and Bali | ||
| F. m. moluccensis (Bonaparte, 1850) | n and s Moluccas | |||
| F. m. microbalius (Oberholser, 1917) | Java to Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi and Tanimbar Is. | |||
| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | AU : widespread | ||
| F. c. baru Rand, 1940 | Snow Mts. (wc New Guinea) | |||
| F. c. cenchroides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | Australia, Tasmania, Lord Howe Is., Norfolk Is. | |||
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 | NA, LA : widespread | ||
| F. s. sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 | Alaska and Canada through the USA to w Mexico | |||
| F. s. paulus (Howe & King, L, 1902) | se USA | |||
| F. s. peninsularis Mearns, 1892 | nw Mexico | |||
| F. s. tropicalis (Griscom, 1930) | s Mexico to n Honduras | |||
| F. s. nicaraguensis Howell, TR, 1965 | nw Honduras, Nicaragua | |||
| F. s. sparverioides Vigors, 1827 | Bahamas, Cuba | |||
| F. s. dominicensis Gmelin, JF, 1788 | Hispaniola | |||
| F. s. caribaearum Gmelin, JF, 1788 | Puerto Rico to Grenada (West Indies) | |||
| F. s. brevipennis (Berlepsch, 1892) | Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) | |||
| F. s. isabellinus Swainson, 1838 | e Venezuela, the Guianas, n Brazil | |||
| F. s. ochraceus (Cory, 1915) | e Colombia, nw Venezuela | |||
| F. s. caucae (Chapman, 1915) | w Colombia | |||
| F. s. aequatorialis Mearns, 1892 | n Ecuador | |||
| F. s. peruvianus (Cory, 1915) | sw Ecuador, Peru, n Chile | |||
| F. s. cinnamominus Swainson, 1838 | se Peru to Paraguay and Tierra del Fuego | |||
| F. s. fernandensis (Chapman, 1915) | Alejandro Selkirk and Juan Fernandez Is. (Chile) | |||
| F. s. cearae (Cory, 1915) | s Brazil | |||
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides Smith, A, 1829 | AF : e, s | ||
| F. r. fieldi (Elliot, 1897) | ne Ethiopia, n Somalia, n Kenya | |||
| F. r. arthuri (Gurney, 1884) | c and s Kenya, ne Tanzania | |||
| F. r. rupicoloides Smith, A, 1829 | s Angola to sw Zambia south to South Afirca | |||
| Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex (Heuglin, 1861) | AF : c, w | ||
| Grey Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus Vieillot, 1823 | AF : c, w, sw | ||
| Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni Sclater, PL, 1864 | AF : sc, se | ||
| Banded Kestrel | Falco zoniventris Peters, W, 1854 | AF : Madagascar | ||
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera Daudin, 1800 | AF, OR : c, w, s AF, India | ||
| F. c. chicquera Daudin, 1800 | se Iran through India to Bangladesh | |||
| F. c. ruficollis Swainson, 1837 | Senegal and Gambia to w Ethiopia south through e Africa to Zambia and n Mozambique | |||
| F. c. horsbrughi Gunning & Roberts, 1911 | Namibia and s Mozambique to South Africa | |||
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus Linnaeus, 1766 | EU : c | ||
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis Radde, 1863 | EU : e | ||
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae Géné, 1839 | EU : s Europe, also n AF | ||
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor Temminck, 1825 | AF, EU : e Libya to sw Pakistan | ||
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis Temminck, 1822 | LA : widespread | ||
| F. f. septentrionalis Todd, 1916 | sw USA to Honduras | |||
| F. f. femoralis Temminck, 1822 | Nicaragua through South America to Tierra del Fuego | |||
| F. f. pichinchae Chapman, 1925 | Andes from Colombia to n Chile and nw Argentina | |||
| Merlin | Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758 | NA, EU : widespread | ||
| F. c. subaesalon Brehm, CL, 1827 | Iceland | |||
| F. c. aesalon Tunstall, 1771 | Europe to nw Siberia | |||
| F. c. insignis (Clark, AH, 1907) | nc Siberia | |||
| F. c. pacificus (Stegmann, 1929) | ne Asia | |||
| F. c. pallidus (Sushkin, 1900) | steppes of wc Asia | |||
| F. c. lymani Bangs, 1913 | mountains of ec Asia | |||
| F. c. columbarius Linnaeus, 1758 | Alaska to Newfoundland to n USA | |||
| F. c. suckleyi Ridgway, 1874 | se Alaska to n Washington (USA) | |||
| F. c. richardsonii Ridgway, 1871 | c and sc Canada to nc USA | |||
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis Daudin, 1800 | LA : n Mexico to ne Argentina | ||
| F. r. petoensis Chubb, C, 1918 | Mexico to w Ecuador | |||
| F. r. rufigularis Daudin, 1800 | e Colombia through the Guianas to s Brazil and ne Argentina | |||
| F. r. ophryophanes (Salvadori, 1895) | e Bolivia to s Brazil, Paraguay and nw Argentina | |||
| Orange-breasted Falcon | Falco deiroleucus Temminck, 1825 | LA : s Mexico to ne Argentina | ||
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758 | EU : widespread | ||
| F. s. subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758 | Europe to Japan to n India and c China | |||
| F. s. streichi Hartert & Neumann, 1907 | Burma to s China and n Indochina | |||
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii Smith, A, 1830 | AF : e, c, w, se | ||
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus Horsfield, 1821 | OR, AU : nw India to Solomon Islands | ||
| F. s. severus Horsfield, 1821 | e Himalayas to Philippines and Greater Sundas | |||
| F. s. papuanus Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1893 | Sulawesi to the Solomon Is. | |||
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis Swainson, 1838 | AU : widespread | ||
| F. l. hanieli Hellmayr, 1914 | Lesser Sundas | |||
| F. l. longipennis Swainson, 1838 | sw and se Australia, Tasmania | |||
| F. l. murchisonianus Mathews, 1912 | Australia except sw and se | |||
| New Zealand Falcon | Falco novaeseelandiae Gmelin, JF, 1788 | AU : New Zealand | ||
| Brown Falcon | Falco berigora Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | AU : widespread | ||
| F. b. novaeguineae (Meyer, AB, 1894) | c and e New Guinea, coastal n Australia | |||
| F. b. berigora Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | n, c and e Australia | |||
| F. b. occidentalis (Gould, 1844) | sw and wc Australia | |||
| F. b. tasmanicus (Mathews, 1916) | Tasmania | |||
| Grey Falcon | Falco hypoleucos Gould, 1841 | AU : Australia | ||
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger Gray, GR, 1843 | AU : Australia | ||
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus Temminck, 1825 | EU, AF : s Europe, Arabian Peninsula, widespread AF | ||
| F. b. feldeggii Schlegel, 1843 | Italy to Turkey, Azerbaijan and nw Iran | |||
| F. b. erlangeri Kleinschmidt, O, 1901 | nw Africa | |||
| F. b. tanypterus Schlegel, 1843 | ne Africa to Arabia, Israel and Iraq | |||
| F. b. abyssinicus Neumann, 1904 | s Mauritania to Ethiopia and Somalia south to Cameroon and n Kenya | |||
| F. b. biarmicus Temminck, 1825 | DR Congo to s Kenya south to South Africa | |||
| Laggar Falcon | Falco jugger Gray, JE, 1834 | OR : Pakistan to Burma, India | ||
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug Gray, JE, 1834 | EU : c, s | ||
| F. c. cherrug Gray, JE, 1834 | c Europe to sc Siberia and n Kazakhstan | |||
| F. c. coatsi Dementiev, 1945 | c Asia to s Siberia and n China | |||
| F. c. hendersoni Hume, 1871 | w and s Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan | |||
| F. c. milvipes Jerdon, 1871 | Himalayas to Tibet | |||
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758 | NA, EU : n | ||
| Prairie Falcon | Falco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850 | NA, MA : w | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 | Worldwide : widespread | ||
| F. p. tundrius White, CM, 1968 | Alaska to Greenland | |||
| F. p. pealei Ridgway, 1874 | Aleutians to s Alaska and sw Canada | |||
| F. p. anatum Bonaparte, 1838 | North America (south of tundra) to n Mexico | |||
| F. p. cassini Sharpe, 1873 | w South America (Colombia to Tierra del Fuego), Falkland Is. | |||
| F. p. peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 | n Eurasia (s of tundra) | |||
| F. p. calidus Latham, 1790 | Lapland to ne Siberia | |||
| F. p. japonensis Gmelin, JF, 1788 | ne Siberia to Japan | |||
| F. p. brookei Sharpe, 1873 | Mediterraneean region to Caucasus and n Iran | |||
| F. p. peregrinator Sundevall, 1837 | Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka to s and e China | |||
| F. p. furuitii Momiyama, 1927 | Bonin Is. (Japan) | |||
| F. p. madens Ripley & Watson, 1963 | Cape Verde Is. | |||
| F. p. minor Bonaparte, 1850 | Morocco, Mauritania, Africa south of the Sahara | |||
| F. p. radama Hartlaub, 1861 | Madagascar and the Comoro Is. | |||
| F. p. ernesti Sharpe, 1894 | Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and Bismarck Arch. | |||
| F. p. macropus Swainson, 1838 | Australia | |||
| F. p. nesiotes Mayr, 1941 | Solomon Is, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji | |||
| Barbary Falcon | Falco pelegrinoides Temminck, 1829 | EU : sw, also n AF | ||
| F. p. babylonicus Sclater, PL, 1861 | e Iran to Mongolia and Pakistan | |||
| F. p. pelegrinoides Temminck, 1829 | Canary Is., n Africa to Arabia and sw Iran | |||
| Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 | AF : e, se |