Accipitridae

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Accipitriformes • Familia: Accipitridae Vieillot, 1816

 Vernacular names

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Included subfamilies (for Wikispecies):

Accipitrinae, Aegypiinae, Aquilinae, Buteoninae, Circaetinae, Circinae, Elaninae, Gypaetinae, Haliaeetinae, Harpiinae, Melieraxinae, Milvinae, Perninae, Polyboroidinae

Note: As Accipitridae phylogeny is very discussed, use of its subfamilies should be avoided here.

Included genera (for IOC classification 2.6):

Accipiter, Aegypius, Aquila, Aviceda, Busarellus, Butastur, Buteo, Buteogallus, Chelictinia, Chondrohierax, Circaetus, Circus (genus), Dryotriorchis, Elanoides, Elanus, Erythrotriorchis, Eutriorchis, Gampsonyx, Geranoaetus, Geranospiza, Gypaetus, Gypohierax, Gyps, Haliaeetus, Haliastur, Hamirostra, Harpagus, Harpia, Harpyhaliaetus, Harpyopsis, Helicolestes, Henicopernis, Hieraaetus, Icthyophaga, Ictinaetus, Ictinia, Kaupifalco, Leptodon, Leucopternis, Lophaetus, Lophoictinia, Lophotriorchis, Macheiramphus, Megatriorchis, Melierax, Micronisus, Milvus, Morphnus, Necrosyrtes, Neophron, Nisaetus, Parabuteo, Pernis, Pithecophaga, Polemaetus, Polyboroides, Rostrhamus, Sarcogyps, Spilornis, Spizaetus, Stephanoaetus, Terathopius, Torgos, Trigonoceps, Urotriorchis

• Note: Accipitridae is placed under Falconiformes by IUCN, under Ciconiiformes by ITIS and under Accipitriformes by IOC classification 2.6

• IOC link: Accipitridae in order Accipitriformes

• ITIS link: Accipitridae

• IUCN link: Accipitridae threatened species

• See also: Pandionidae

Accipiter (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  English: Pied Goshawk

  Accipiter albogularis (cat.)
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  English: Shikra

  Accipiter badius (cat.)
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  English: Bicolored Hawk

  Accipiter bicolor (cat.)
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  English: New Britain Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter brachyurus (cat.)
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  English: Levant Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter brevipes (cat.)
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  English: Nicobar Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter butleri (cat.)
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  English: Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter castanilius (cat.)
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  English: Chilean Hawk

  Accipiter chilensis (cat.)
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  English: White-breasted Hawk

  Accipiter chionogaster (cat.)
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  English: Collared Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter cirrocephalus (cat.)
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  English: Semicollared Hawk

  Accipiter collaris (cat.)
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  English: Cooper's Hawk

  Accipiter cooperii (cat.)
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  English: Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter erythrauchen (cat.)
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  English: Rufous-thighed Hawk

  Accipiter erythronemius (cat.)
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  English: Red-thighed Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter erythropus (cat.)
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  English: Brown Goshawk

  Accipiter fasciatus (cat.)
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  English: Frances's Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter francesiae (cat.)
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  English: Northern Goshawk

  Accipiter gentilis (cat.)
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  English: Sulawesi Goshawk

  Accipiter griseiceps (cat.)
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  English: Japanese Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter gularis (cat.)
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  English: Gundlach's Hawk

  Accipiter gundlachi (cat.)
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  English: White-bellied Goshawk

  Accipiter haplochrous (cat.)
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  English: Moluccan Goshawk

  Accipiter henicogrammus (cat.)
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  English: Henst's Goshawk

  Accipiter henstii (cat.)
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  English: Variable Goshawk

  Accipiter hiogaster (cat.)
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  English: Imitator Goshawk

  Accipiter imitator (cat.)
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  English: Slaty-mantled Goshawk

  Accipiter luteoschistaceus (cat.)
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  English: Madagascar Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter madagascariensis (cat.)
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  English: Black-mantled Goshawk

  Accipiter melanochlamys (cat.)
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  English: Black Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter melanoleucus (cat.)
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  English: Meyer's Goshawk

  Accipiter meyerianus (cat.)
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  English: Little Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter minullus (cat.)
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  English: Dwarf Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter nanus (cat.)
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  English: Eurasian Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter nisus (cat.)
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  English: Grey Goshawk

  Accipiter novaehollandiae (cat.)
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  English: Ovambo Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter ovampensis (cat.)
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  English: Grey-headed Goshawk

  Accipiter poliocephalus (cat.)
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  English: Grey-bellied Hawk

  Accipiter poliogaster (cat.)
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  English: New Britain Goshawk

  Accipiter princeps (cat.)
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  English: Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter rhodogaster (cat.)
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  English: Fiji Goshawk

  Accipiter rufitorques (cat.)
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  English: Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter rufiventris (cat.)
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  English: Chinese Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter soloensis (cat.)
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  English: Sharp-shinned Hawk

  Accipiter striatus (cat.)
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  English: Tiny Hawk

  Accipiter superciliosus (cat.)
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  English: African Goshawk

  Accipiter tachiro (cat.)
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  English: Red-chested Goshawk

  Accipiter toussenelii (cat.)
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  English: Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter trinotatus (cat.)
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  English: Crested Goshawk

  Accipiter trivirgatus (cat.)
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  English: Plain-breasted Hawk

  Accipiter ventralis (cat.)
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  English: Besra

  Accipiter virgatus (cat.)

Aegypius (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  English: Cinereous Vulture, Black Vulture, Monk Vulture, or Eurasian Black Vulture

  Aegypius monachus (cat.)

Aquila (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Aquila adalberti (cat.)
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  Aquila africana (cat.)
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  Aquila audax (cat.)
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  Aquila chrysaetos (cat.)
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  Aquila clanga (cat.)
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  Aquila fasciata (cat.)
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  Aquila gurneyi (cat.)
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  Aquila hastata (cat.)
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  Aquila heliaca (cat.)
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  Aquila nipalensis (cat.)
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  Aquila pomarina (cat.)
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  Aquila rapax (cat.)
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  Aquila spilogaster (cat.)
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  Aquila verreauxii (cat.)

Aviceda (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Aviceda cuculoides (cat.)
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  Aviceda jerdoni (cat.)
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  Aviceda leuphotes (cat.)
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  Aviceda madagascariensis (cat.)
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  Aviceda subcristata (cat.)

Busarellus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Busarellus nigricollis (cat.)

Butastur (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Butastur indicus (cat.)
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  Butastur liventer (cat.)
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  Butastur rufipennis (cat.)
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  Butastur teesa (cat.)

Buteo (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Buteo albicaudatus (cat.)
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  Buteo albigula (cat.)
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  Buteo albonotatus (cat.)
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  Buteo archeri (cat.)
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  Buteo augur (cat.)
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  Buteo auguralis (cat.)
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  Buteo bannermani (cat.)
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  Buteo brachypterus (cat.)
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  Buteo brachyurus (cat.)
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  Buteo burmanicus (cat.)
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  Buteo buteo (cat.)
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  Buteo galapagoensis (cat.)
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  Buteo hemilasius (cat.)
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  Buteo jamaicensis (cat.)
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  Buteo japonicus (cat.)
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  Buteo lagopus (cat.)
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  Buteo leucorrhous (cat.)
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  Buteo lineatus (cat.)
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  Buteo magnirostris (cat.)
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  Buteo nitidus (cat.)
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  Buteo oreophilus (cat.)
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  Buteo platypterus (cat.)
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  Buteo polyosoma (cat.)
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  Buteo regalis (cat.)
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  Buteo ridgwayi (cat.)
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  Buteo rufinus (cat.)
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  Buteo rufofuscus (cat.)
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  Buteo socotraensis (cat.)
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  Buteo solitarius (cat.)
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  Buteo swainsoni (cat.)
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  Buteo trizonatus (cat.)
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  Buteo ventralis (cat.)

Buteogallus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Buteogallus aequinoctialis (cat.)
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  Buteogallus anthracinus (cat.)
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  Buteogallus gundlachii (cat.)
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  Buteogallus meridionalis (cat.)
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  Buteogallus urubitinga (cat.)

Chelictinia (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Chelictinia riocourii (cat.)

Chondrohierax (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  English: Hook-billed Kite

  Chondrohierax uncinatus (cat.)
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  English: Cuban Kite

  Chondrohierax wilsonii (cat.)

Circaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Circaetus beaudouini (cat.)
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  Circaetus cinerascens (cat.)
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  Circaetus cinereus (cat.)
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  Circaetus fasciolatus (cat.)
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  Circaetus gallicus (cat.)
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  Circaetus pectoralis (cat.)

Circus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Circus aeruginosus (cat.)
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  Circus approximans (cat.)
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  Circus assimilis (cat.)
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  Circus buffoni (cat.)
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  Circus cinereus (cat.)
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  Circus cyaneus (cat.)
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  Circus hudsonius (cat.)
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  Circus macrosceles (cat.)
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  Circus macrourus (cat.)
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  Circus maillardi (cat.)
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  Circus maurus (cat.)
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  Circus melanoleucos (cat.)
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  Circus pygargus (cat.)
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  Circus ranivorus (cat.)
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  Circus spilonotus (cat.)
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  Circus spilothorax (cat.)

Dryotriorchis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Dryotriorchis spectabilis (cat.)

Elanoides (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Elanoides forficatus (cat.)

Elanus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Elanus axillaris (cat.)
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  Elanus caeruleus (cat.)
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  Elanus leucurus (cat.)
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  Elanus scriptus (cat.)

Erythrotriorchis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Erythrotriorchis buergersi (cat.)
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  Erythrotriorchis radiatus (cat.)

Eutriorchis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Eutriorchis astur (cat.)

Gampsonyx (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  English: Pearl Kite

  Gampsonyx swainsonii (cat.)

Geranoaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Geranoaetus melanoleucus (cat.)

Geranospiza (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Geranospiza caerulescens (cat.)

Gypaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Gypaetus barbatus (cat.)

Gypohierax (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Gypohierax angolensis‎ (cat.)

Gyps (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Gyps africanus (cat.)
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  Gyps bengalensis (cat.)
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  Gyps coprotheres (cat.)
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  Gyps fulvus (cat.)
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  Gyps himalayensis (cat.)
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  Gyps indicus (cat.)
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  Gyps rueppellii (cat.)
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  Gyps tenuirostris (cat.)

Haliaeetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Haliaeetus albicilla (cat.)
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  Haliaeetus leucocephalus (cat.)
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  Haliaeetus leucogaster (cat.)
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  Haliaeetus leucoryphus (cat.)
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  Haliaeetus pelagicus (cat.)
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  Haliaeetus sanfordi (cat.)
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  Haliaeetus vocifer (cat.)
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  Haliaeetus vociferoides (cat.)

Haliastur (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Haliastur indus (cat.)
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  Haliastur sphenurus (cat.)

Hamirostra (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Hamirostra melanosternon (cat.)

Harpagus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  English: Double-toothed Kite

  Harpagus bidentatus (cat.)
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  English: Rufous-thighed Kite

  Harpagus diodon (cat.)

Harpia (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Harpia harpyja (cat.)

Harpyhaliaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Harpyhaliaetus coronatus (cat.)
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  Harpyhaliaetus solitarius‎ (cat.)

Harpyopsis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Harpyopsis novaeguineae (cat.)

Helicolestes (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Helicolestes hamatus (cat.)

Henicopernis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  English: Black Honey Buzzard

  Henicopernis infuscatus (cat.)
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  English: Long-tailed Honey Buzzard

  Henicopernis longicauda (cat.)

Hieraaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Hieraaetus ayresii (cat.)
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  Hieraaetus morphnoides (cat.)
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  Hieraaetus pennatus (cat.)
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  Hieraaetus wahlbergi (cat.)
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  Hieraaetus weiskei (cat.)

Icthyophaga (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Ichthyophaga humilis (cat.)
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  Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus (cat.)

Ictinaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Ictinaetus malayensis (cat.)

Ictinia (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Ictinia mississippiensis (cat.)
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  Ictinia plumbea (cat.)

Kaupifalco (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Kaupifalco monogrammicus (cat.)

Leptodon (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Leptodon cayanensis (cat.)
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  Leptodon forbesi (cat.)

Leucopternis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Leucopternis albicollis (cat.)
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  Leucopternis kuhli (cat.)
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  Leucopternis lacernulatus (cat.)
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  Leucopternis melanops (cat.)
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  Leucopternis occidentalis (cat.)
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  Leucopternis plumbeus (cat.)
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  Leucopternis polionotus (cat.)
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  Leucopternis princeps (cat.)
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  Leucopternis schistaceus (cat.)
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  Leucopternis semiplumbeus (cat.)

Lophaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Lophaetus occipitalis (cat.)

Lophoictinia (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Lophoictinia isura (cat.)

Lophotriorchis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Lophotriorchis kienerii (cat.)

Macheiramphus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Macheiramphus alcinus (cat.)

Megatriorchis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Megatriorchis doriae (cat.)

Melierax (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Melierax canorus (cat.)
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  Melierax metabates (cat.)
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  Melierax poliopterus (cat.)

Micronisus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Micronisus gabar (cat.)

Milvus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Milvus aegyptius (cat.)
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  Milvus migrans (cat.)
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  Milvus milvus (cat.)

Morphnus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Morphnus guianensis (cat.)

Necrosyrtes (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Necrosyrtes monachus (cat.)

Neophron (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Neophron percnopterus (cat.)

Nisaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Nisaetus alboniger (cat.)
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  Nisaetus bartelsi (cat.)
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  Nisaetus cirrhatus (cat.)
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  Nisaetus floris (cat.)
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  Nisaetus kelaarti (cat.)
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  Nisaetus lanceolatus (cat.)
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  Nisaetus nanus (cat.)
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  Nisaetus nipalensis (cat.)
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  Nisaetus philippensis (cat.)
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  Nisaetus pinskeri (cat.)

Parabuteo (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Parabuteo unicinctus (cat.)

Pernis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Pernis apivorus (cat.)
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  Pernis celebensis (cat.)
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  Pernis ptilorhynchus (cat.)
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  Pernis steerei (cat.)

Pithecophaga (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Pithecophaga jefferyi‎ (cat.)

Polemaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Polemaetus bellicosus‎ (cat.)

Polyboroides (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Polyboroides radiatus (cat.)
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  Polyboroides typus‎ (cat.)

Rostrhamus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Rostrhamus sociabilis‎ (cat.)

Sarcogyps (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Sarcogyps calvus (cat.)

Spilornis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Spilornis cheela (cat.)
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  Spilornis elgini (cat.)
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  Spilornis holospilus (cat.)
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  Spilornis kinabaluensis (cat.)
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  Spilornis klossi (cat.)
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  Spilornis minimus (cat.)
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  Spilornis rufipectus (cat.)

Spizaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Spizaetus isidori (cat.)
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  Spizaetus melanoleucus (cat.)
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  Spizaetus ornatus (cat.)
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  Spizaetus tyrannus (cat.)

Stephanoaetus (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Stephanoaetus coronatuss (cat.)

Terathopius (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Terathopius ecaudatus (cat.)

Torgos (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Torgos tracheliotus (cat.)

Trigonoceps (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Trigonoceps occipitalis (cat.)

Urotriorchis (cat.)

 Vernacular names

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  Urotriorchis macrourus (cat.)

See also

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  Accipitridae in flight (cat.)