© GW - monacoeye.com, all rights reserved. Gambia, Feb 2013

Bird name: African Hawk Eagle
Latin: Aquila spilogaster
Other: Aigle fascié (Fr), águila azor africano (Es), Afrikanische Habichtsadler (De), Afrikaanse havikarend (Nl)
Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Birds of Prey
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa, ex Congo basin. Gambia etc
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Record shot of what looks to be an African Hawk-Eagle flying over, up river in the Gambia. We probably saw several, but birds of prey in flight are usually difficult to identify.

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Los Quezales, Panama • 5 May 2010

Bird name: Ornate Hawk Eagle
Latin: Spizaetus ornatus
Other: Aguila crestuda real (Es), águila copetona real • Gavião-de-penacho (Br)
Family: Accipitridae • Hawk Eagles
Range: Humid tropical forests from Mexico to northern Argentina

Distant shots of an Ornate Hawk Eagle, from cabin number 8 at Los Quetzales in the Chiriqui highlands in western Panama.

A spectacular looking raptor when seen up close …More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Ubatuba, Nov 2009

Bird name: Black Hawk Eagle
Latin: Spizaetus tyrannus
Other: Tyrant Hawk-Eagle • Gavião-pega-macaco (Br)
Family: Accipitridae • Hawk Eagles

Pretty certain this was a Black Hawk-Eagle, flying fast towards trees not far from the beach - seen early one morning in Ubatuba, Brazil. The Black Hawk-Eagle is found from northern Argentina to Mexico.

This Black Hawk-Eagle was identified by the strongly barred black and white underside and tail. He seemed to be carrying something in his yellow talons. The Black Hawk-eagle is known as Gavião-pega-macaco in Brazil, in other words, the Catch-a-monkey Hawk !More photos...

037 Accipitridae - Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Old World Vultures, Snake Eagles, Harriers, Sparrowhawks and Goshawks, Buzzards, Sea Eagles, Hawk-Eagles - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Aviceda cuculoides - African Cuckoo-Hawk - W, C, SC, SE Africa
Aviceda madagascariensis - Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk - Madagascar
Aviceda jerdoni - Jerdon's Baza - Widespread Asia
Aviceda subcristata - Pacific Baza - Widespread Australasia
Aviceda leuphotes - Black Baza - Widespread Asia

Leptodon cayanensis - Grey-headed Kite - EC Mexico to N Argentina
Leptodon forbesi - White-collared Kite - NE Brazil

Chondrohierax uncinatus - Hook-billed Kite - S Texas to N Argentina
Chondrohierax wilsonii - Cuban Kite - E Cuba - Split from C. uncinatus

Henicopernis longicauda - Long-tailed Honey Buzzard - New Guinea
Henicopernis infuscatus - Black Honey Buzzard - New Britain

Pernis apivorus - European Honey Buzzard - W Eurasia - Africa
Pernis ptilorhynchus - Crested Honey Buzzard - E Europe, Widespread Eurasia, Asia Asia
Pernis celebensis - Barred Honey Buzzard - Sulawesi
Pernis steerei - Philippine Honey Buzzard - Philippines - Split from P. celebensis

Lophoictinia isura - Square-tailed Kite - Australia

Hamirostra melanosternon - Black-breasted Buzzard - Australia

Elanoides forficatus - Swallow-tailed Kite - S USA to NE Argentina

Macheiramphus alcinus - Bat Hawk - Widespread Africa, Asia in Africa, Burma to Borneo

Gampsonyx swainsonii - Pearl Kite - N, Amazonia, South America, also W Nicaragua

Elanus caeruleus - Black-winged Kite - Widespread Africa, Asia
Elanus axillaris - Black-shouldered Kite - Australia
Elanus leucurus - White-tailed Kite - S, W USA to C Argentina
Elanus scriptus - Letter-winged Kite - Australia

Chelictinia riocourii - Scissor-tailed Kite - E, C, W Africa

Rostrhamus sociabilis - Snail Kite - S Florida & Caribbean to NE Argentina

Helicolestes hamatus - Slender-billed Kite - E Panama through Amazonia

Harpagus bidentatus - Double-toothed Kite - E Mexico to SE Brazil
Harpagus diodon - Rufous-thighed Kite - E Amazonia, SE South America

Ictinia mississippiensis - Mississippi Kite - SE, C North America - SC South America
Ictinia plumbea - Plumbeous Kite - NE Mexico to N Argentina

Milvus milvus - Red Kite - Europe
Milvus migrans - Black Kite - Widespread Eurasia, Africa, Asia, Australasia - incl M. aegyptius Yellow Billed Kite

Haliastur sphenurus - Whistling Kite - Widespread Australasia
Haliastur indus - Brahminy Kite - Pakistan to N Australia

Haliaeetus leucogaster - White-bellied Sea Eagle - India to Tasmania
Haliaeetus sanfordi - Sanford's Sea Eagle - Solomon Islands - New name
Haliaeetus vocifer - African Fish Eagle - Widespread Africa
Haliaeetus vociferoides - Madagascar Fish Eagle - Madagascar
Haliaeetus leucoryphus - Pallas's Fish Eagle - C, Eurasia, also N India
Haliaeetus albicilla - White-tailed Eagle - Widespread Eurasia
Haliaeetus leucocephalus - Bald Eagle - Widespread North America, also NW Mexico
Haliaeetus pelagicus - Steller's Sea Eagle - NE Eurasia

Icthyophaga humilis - Lesser Fish Eagle - Widespread Asia
Icthyophaga ichthyaetus - Grey-headed Fish Eagle - Widespread Asia

Gypohierax angolensis - Palm-nut Vulture - W, C, SC, SE Africa

Gypaetus barbatus - Bearded Vulture - N, E, S Africa; C, SW Asia

Neophron percnopterus - Egyptian Vulture - W Africa to India, S Spain to C Asia

Necrosyrtes monachus - Hooded Vulture - Widespread Africa

Gyps africanus - White-backed Vulture - Widespread Africa
Gyps bengalensis - White-rumped Vulture - Iran through Southeast Asia
Gyps indicus - Indian Vulture - SE Pakistan, S India
Gyps tenuirostris - Slender-billed Vulture - Himalayas through Southeast Asia
Gyps rueppellii - Rüppell's Vulture - E, C, W Africa
Gyps himalayensis - Himalayan Vulture - Himalayas
Gyps fulvus - Griffon Vulture - N Africa, SW Europe, Africa, Eurasia, also N India
Gyps coprotheres - Cape Vulture - S Africa

Sarcogyps calvus - Red-headed Vulture - Widespread Asia

Trigonoceps occipitalis - White-headed Vulture - Widespread Africa - Was Aegypius

Aegypius monachus - Cinereous Vulture - SW, C Eurasia - N Africa, India, China

Torgos tracheliotus - Lappet-faced Vulture - Widespread Africa, also Arabian Peninsula - Was Aegypius

Circaetus gallicus - Short-toed Snake Eagle - W, C Europe, India - E, C, W Africa
Circaetus beaudouini - Beaudouin's Snake Eagle - C, W Africa
Circaetus pectoralis - Black-chested Snake Eagle - E, SC, S Africa
Circaetus cinereus - Brown Snake Eagle - Widespread Africa
Circaetus fasciolatus - Southern Banded Snake Eagle - S, SE Africa
Circaetus cinerascens - Western Banded Snake Eagle - W, C, E, SC Africa

Terathopius ecaudatus - Bateleur - Widespread Africa

Spilornis cheela - Crested Serpent Eagle - Widespread Asia, including one form on Great Nicobar Is (P Rasmussen)
Spilornis minimus - Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle - C Nicobar Islands - Was Nicobar Serpent Eagle
Spilornis klossi - Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle - Great Nicobar Island - Split from S. minimus
Spilornis kinabaluensis - Mountain Serpent Eagle - Borneo
Spilornis rufipectus - Sulawesi Serpent Eagle - Sulawesi
Spilornis holospilus - Philippine Serpent Eagle - Philippines
Spilornis elgini - Andaman Serpent Eagle - Andaman Islands

Dryotriorchis spectabilis - Congo Serpent Eagle - W, C Africa

Eutriorchis astur - Madagascar Serpent Eagle - Madagascar

Circus aeruginosus - Western Marsh Harrier - W, WC Eurasia - Africa, India
Circus spilonotus - Eastern Marsh Harrier - E Eurasia - E Asia
Circus spilothorax - Papuan Harrier - C, E New Guinea - Split from Eastern Marsh Harrier C. spilonotus
Circus approximans - Swamp Harrier - Widespread Australasia
Circus ranivorus - African Marsh Harrier - E, S Africa
Circus maillardi - Reunion Harrier - La Réunion - Was Malagasy Marsh Harrier
Circus macrosceles - Malagasy Harrier - Madagascar, Comoro Is - Split from C. maillardi
Circus buffoni - Long-winged Harrier - N, EC, SE South America
Circus assimilis - Spotted Harrier - Widespread Australasia
Circus maurus - Black Harrier - S Africa
Circus cyaneus - Northern Harrier - Widespread N America, Eurasia (Hen Harrier) - C America, Asia.
Circus cinereus - Cinereous Harrier - W, S South America
Circus macrourus - Pallid Harrier - C Eurasia - Africa, Asia
Circus melanoleucos - Pied Harrier - E Eurasia - Asia
Circus pygargus - Montagu's Harrier - W, C Eurasia - Africa, India

Polyboroides typus - African Harrier-Hawk - Widespread Africa
Polyboroides radiatus - Madagascar Harrier-Hawk - Madagascar

Melierax metabates - Dark Chanting Goshawk - Widespread Africa
Melierax poliopterus - Eastern Chanting Goshawk - E Africa
Melierax canorus - Pale Chanting Goshawk - S Africa

Micronisus gabar - Gabar Goshawk - Widespread Africa

Accipiter poliogaster - Grey-bellied Hawk - N, C, SE South America
Accipiter trivirgatus - Crested Goshawk - Widespread Asia
Accipiter griseiceps - Sulawesi Goshawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter toussenelii - Red-chested Goshawk - W, WC Africa
Accipiter tachiro - African Goshawk - E, SC, S Africa
Accipiter castanilius - Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk - WC Africa
Accipiter badius - Shikra - Widespread Africa, Asia, also S Europe
Accipiter butleri - Nicobar Sparrowhawk - Nicobar Islands
Accipiter brevipes - Levant Sparrowhawk - SW Eurasia - C Africa
Accipiter soloensis - Chinese Sparrowhawk - E Eurasia - E Asia
Accipiter francesiae - Frances's Sparrowhawk - Madagascar region
Accipiter trinotatus - Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter novaehollandiae - Grey Goshawk - Australia, Tasmania
Accipiter hiogaster - Variable Goshawk - Moluccas to New Guinea and Solomon Is. Australasia - Split from A. novaehollandiae
Accipiter fasciatus - Brown Goshawk - Widespread Australasia
Accipiter melanochlamys - Black-mantled Goshawk - New Guinea
Accipiter albogularis - Pied Goshawk - Solomon Islands
Accipiter haplochrous - White-bellied Goshawk - New Caledonia
Accipiter rufitorques - Fiji Goshawk - Fiji Islands
Accipiter henicogrammus - Moluccan Goshawk - Moluccas
Accipiter luteoschistaceus - Slaty-mantled Goshawk - New Britain
Accipiter imitator - Imitator Goshawk - Solomon Islands
Accipiter poliocephalus - Grey-headed Goshawk - New Guinea
Accipiter princeps - New Britain Goshawk - New Britain
Accipiter superciliosus - Tiny Hawk - Nicaragua to N Argentina
Accipiter collaris - Semicollared Hawk - Venezuela to Peru
Accipiter erythropus - Red-thighed Sparrowhawk - W, WC Africa
Accipiter minullus - Little Sparrowhawk - S, SC, E Africa
Accipiter gularis - Japanese Sparrowhawk - C, E Eurasia - E Asia
Accipiter virgatus - Besra - Widespread Asia
Accipiter nanus - Dwarf Sparrowhawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter erythrauchen - Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk - Moluccas
Accipiter cirrocephalus - Collared Sparrowhawk - Australia, New Guinea
Accipiter brachyurus - New Britain Sparrowhawk - New Britain - New name
Accipiter rhodogaster - Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter madagascariensis - Madagascar Sparrowhawk - Madagascar
Accipiter ovampensis - Ovambo Sparrowhawk - NE, SC Africa - C, W Africa
Accipiter nisus - Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Widespread Eurasia - Asia, NE Africa
Accipiter rufiventris - Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk - E, SE, S Africa
Accipiter striatus - Sharp-shinned Hawk - Widespread North America, Middle America
Accipiter chionogaster - White-breasted Hawk - S Mexico to Nicaragua - Split from A. striatus
Accipiter ventralis - Plain-breasted Hawk - Venezuela to W Bolivia
Accipiter erythronemius - Rufous-thighed Hawk - SC, SE South America
Accipiter cooperii - Cooper's Hawk - S Canada to Honduras
Accipiter gundlachi - Gundlach's Hawk - Cuba
Accipiter bicolor - Bicolored Hawk - S Mexico to N Argentina
Accipiter chilensis - Chilean Hawk - SW South America - Split from A. bicolor
Accipiter melanoleucus - Black Sparrowhawk - Widespread Africa
Accipiter henstii - Henst's Goshawk - Madagascar
Accipiter gentilis - Northern Goshawk - Widespread North America, Middle America, Eurasia
Accipiter meyerianus - Meyer's Goshawk - New Guinea, New Britain, Solomon Islands

Erythrotriorchis buergersi - Chestnut-shouldered Goshawk - New Guinea
Erythrotriorchis radiatus - Red Goshawk - N, E Australia

Megatriorchis doriae - Doria's Goshawk - New Guinea

Urotriorchis macrourus - Long-tailed Hawk - W, WC Africa

Kaupifalco monogrammicus - Lizard Buzzard - Widespread Africa

Butastur rufipennis - Grasshopper Buzzard - E, C, W Africa
Butastur teesa - White-eyed Buzzard - Pakistan to Burma
Butastur liventer - Rufous-winged Buzzard - Southeast Asia, Java, Asia, also Sulawesi
Butastur indicus - Grey-faced Buzzard - E Eurasia - Southeast Asia

Geranospiza caerulescens - Crane Hawk - Mexico to Uruguay

Leucopternis plumbeus - Plumbeous Hawk - Colombia to Peru
Leucopternis schistaceus - Slate-colored Hawk - Amazonia
Leucopternis princeps - Barred Hawk - Costa Rica to N Ecuador
Leucopternis melanops - Black-faced Hawk - N Amazonia
Leucopternis kuhli - White-browed Hawk - S Amazonia
Leucopternis lacernulatus - White-necked Hawk - E Brazil
Leucopternis semiplumbeus - Semiplumbeous Hawk - Honduras to NW Ecuador
Leucopternis albicollis - White Hawk - S Mexico through Amazonia
Leucopternis occidentalis - Grey-backed Hawk - W Ecuador, NW Peru
Leucopternis polionotus - Mantled Hawk - E Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay

Buteogallus aequinoctialis - Rufous Crab Hawk - N, E coasts
Buteogallus anthracinus - Common Black Hawk - SW USA to NW South America - Buteogallus anthracinus includes Mangrove Black Hawk B. subtilus as ssp
Buteogallus gundlachii - Cuban Black Hawk - Cuba - Buteogallus gundlachii now split from B. anthracinus
Buteogallus urubitinga - Great Black Hawk - Mexico to N Argentina
Buteogallus meridionalis - Savanna Hawk - Panama to N Argentina

Parabuteo unicinctus - Harris's Hawk - SW USA to S Argentina & Chile

Busarellus nigricollis - Black-collared Hawk - C Mexico to N Argentina

Geranoaetus melanoleucus - Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle - Venezuela to S Chile, SE South America

Harpyhaliaetus solitarius - Montane Solitary Eagle - Mexico to W, N South America
Harpyhaliaetus coronatus - Crowned Solitary Eagle - SE, SC South America

Buteo nitidus - Grey Hawk - SW USA to NC Argentina - NB name
Buteo magnirostris - Roadside Hawk - Mexico to NE Argentina
Buteo lineatus - Red-shouldered Hawk - SE, C, North America, also NE Mexico
Buteo ridgwayi - Ridgway's Hawk - Hispaniola
Buteo platypterus - Broad-winged Hawk - E, C North America - Caribbean, Latin America
Buteo leucorrhous - White-rumped Hawk - Venezuela to NW Bolivia, SE South America
Buteo brachyurus - Short-tailed Hawk - E Mexico to N Argentina, Latin America, also S Florida
Buteo albigula - White-throated Hawk - Venezuela to C Chile
Buteo swainsoni - Swainson's Hawk - NW, WC North America, Middle America - SE South America
Buteo albicaudatus - White-tailed Hawk - SW USA to C Argentina
Buteo galapagoensis - Galapagos Hawk - Galápagos Islands
Buteo polyosoma - Variable Hawk - W, Southern Cone - Buteo polyosoma includes B. exsul and B. poecilochrous
Buteo albonotatus - Zone-tailed Hawk - SW USA to Paraguay
Buteo solitarius - Hawaiian Hawk - Hawaiian Islands
Buteo jamaicensis - Red-tailed Hawk - Widespread North America, Middle America
Buteo ventralis - Rufous-tailed Hawk - S South America
Buteo buteo - Common Buzzard - Widespread Eurasia - Africa, Asia
Buteo japonicus - Eastern Buzzard - C, S Siberia, Mongolia, NE China, Japan - Split from B. buteo
Buteo refectus - Himalayan Buzzard - Himalayas - Split from B. buteo
Buteo oreophilus - Mountain Buzzard - E Africa
Buteo trizonatus - Forest Buzzard - S Africa
Buteo brachypterus - Madagascar Buzzard - Madagascar
Buteo rufinus - Long-legged Buzzard - SW, SC Eurasia, Africa - C Africa
Buteo hemilasius - Upland Buzzard - E Eurasia - N Asia
Buteo regalis - Ferruginous Hawk - W, WC North America - N Mexico
Buteo lagopus - Rough-legged Buzzard - Widespread North America, Eurasia - Was Roughleg
Buteo auguralis - Red-necked Buzzard - W, C Africa
Buteo augur - Augur Buzzard - E, SC Africa
Buteo rufofuscus - Jackal Buzzard - S Africa

Morphnus guianensis - Crested Eagle - Guatemala to NE Argentina

Harpia harpyja - Harpy Eagle - S Mexico to NE Argentina

Harpyopsis novaeguineae - Papuan Eagle - New Guinea

Pithecophaga jefferyi - Philippine Eagle - Philippines

Ictinaetus malayensis - Black Eagle - Widespread Asia

Aquila pomarina - Lesser Spotted Eagle - E Europe - Africa - 3 spotted eagles (pomarina, clanga, hastata ) from Aquila to Lophaetus
Aquila hastata - Indian Spotted Eagle - N India
Aquila clanga - Greater Spotted Eagle - NW, C, E Eurasia - SW Asia, NE Africa, Asia
Aquila rapax - Tawny Eagle - Widespread Africa, also India
Aquila nipalensis - Steppe Eagle - C Eurasia - Asia, Arabian Peninsula, Africa
Aquila adalberti - Spanish Imperial Eagle - Spain, Portugal, Eurasia, also Morocco
Aquila heliaca - Eastern Imperial Eagle - SW, C Eurasia - Asia, Arabian Peninsula, NE Africa - Was Asian Imperial Eagle
Aquila gurneyi - Gurney's Eagle - New Guinea, Moluccas
Aquila chrysaetos - Golden Eagle - Widespread North America, Middle America, Eurasia
Aquila audax - Wedge-tailed Eagle - Australia, S New Guinea
Aquila verreauxii - Verreaux's Eagle - C, E, SE, S Africa
Aquila africana - Cassin's Hawk-Eagle - W, WC Africa - Was Spizaetus to Aquila
Aquila fasciata - Bonelli's Eagle - Spain to India to S China, Eurasia, Asia, also N Africa - Was Hieraaetus to Aquila
Aquila spilogaster - African Hawk-Eagle - Widespread Africa - Was Hieraaetus to Aquila

Hieraaetus wahlbergi - Wahlberg's Eagle - Widespread Africa - Was Aquila
Hieraaetus pennatus - Booted Eagle - SW, SC Eurasia - Africa, India
Hieraaetus morphnoides - Little Eagle - Australia
Hieraaetus weiskei - Pygmy Eagle - New Guinea, Halmahera, Seram - Split from H. morphnoides, was New Guinea Hawk-Eagle
Hieraaetus ayresii - Ayres's Hawk-Eagle - Widespread Africa

Lophotriorchis kienerii - Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle - Asia, also Sulawesi - Was Hieraaetus

Polemaetus bellicosus - Martial Eagle - Widespread Africa

Lophaetus occipitalis - Long-crested Eagle - Widespread Africa

Nisaetus - was Spizaetus
Nisaetus cirrhatus - Crested Hawk-Eagle - Himalayas, C, S India & Sri Lanka to Greater Sundas & Philippines - includes limnaeetus as ssp
Nisaetus floris - Flores Hawk-Eagle - Lesser Sundas
Nisaetus nipalensis - Mountain Hawk-Eagle - Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan
Nisaetus kelaarti - Legge's Hawk-Eagle - Sri Lanka, SW India - Split from N. nipalensis
Nisaetus alboniger - Blyth's Hawk-Eagle - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo
Nisaetus bartelsi - Javan Hawk-Eagle - Java
Nisaetus lanceolatus - Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle - Sulawesi
Nisaetus philippensis - Philippine Hawk-Eagle - Luzon, Philippines
Nisaetus pinskeri - Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle - Philippines, except Luzon & Palawan - Split from N. philippensis
Nisaetus nanus - Wallace's Hawk-Eagle - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo

Spizaetus tyrannus - Black Hawk-Eagle - C Mexico to NE Argentina
Spizaetus melanoleucus - Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle - S Mexico to NE Argentina - Spizastur to Spizaetus
Spizaetus ornatus - Ornate Hawk-Eagle - SE Mexico to N Argentina
Spizaetus isidori - Black-and-chestnut Eagle - Venezuela to NW Argentina - Oroaetus to Spizaetus

Stephanoaetus coronatus - Crowned Eagle - W, C, E, SE Africa