Kites
Black Winged Kite
03 April 2013 23:30
© GW - monacoeye.com, all rights reserved. Gambia, Feb 2013
Bird name: Black Winged Kite
Latin: Elanus caeruleus
Other: Black-shouldered Kite (Helm). Élanion blac (Fr), peneireiro-cinzento (Pt), Elanio azul (Es), grijze wouw (Nl)
Family: Accipitridae • Birds of Prey, Kites
Range: Eurasia, Africa
Similar: African Swallow-tailed Kite
We had several sightings of the Black-winged Kite (or Black-shouldered Kite in Helm) in Gambia, generally perched at some distance.
The Black-winged Kite is a light grey kite with a prominent dark shoulder and white underside.
Below, Black-winged Kite, Gambia, Feb 2013
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Yellow Billed Kite
03 April 2013 23:23
© GW - monacoeye.com, all rights reserved. Gambia, Feb 2013
Bird name: Yellow Billed Kite
Latin: Milvus aegyptius
Other:
Family: Accipitridae • Birds of Prey, Kites
Range: Africa
Similar: Black Kite
The Yellow-billed Kite was thought conspecific with the Black Kite, but is increasingly regarded as a separate allopatric (divided geographically) species, confined to Africa.
The Yellow-billed Kite has a yellow bill, whereas the Black Kite has a black-tipped bill.
Below, Yellow-billed Kite collecting nesting material? Gambia, Feb 2013
More photos...Grey Headed Kite
14 January 2012 09:08
Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Para, Brazil • Sep 2011
Bird name: Grey Headed Kite
Latin: Leptodon cayanensis
Other: Gray-headed Kite (US) • Milano cabecigrís (Es) • Gavião-de-cabeça-cinza (Br)
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range: Mexico to northern Argentina, incl Panama, Brazil
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The Grey-Headed Kite has a pale grey head with white body contrasting with dark wings and barred flight feathers. Two narrow white bands on tail (a third sometimes visible). Bill bluish.
Also seen in the mountains of Valle de Anton in central Panama.More photos...
Plumbeous Kite
05 January 2012 23:48
Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Ecuador • March
Bird name: Plumbeous Kite
Latin: Ictinia plumbea
Other: Sovi, gavião-sauveiro (Br) • Milano plomizo (Es)
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range: Latin America: Mexico to Argentina, incl Ecuador
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A Plumbeous Kite flying through the trees in Ecuador, March. Note rufous wing tips and banded tail. Also seen at Floresta Amazonica in Alta Floresta, Brazil.More photos...
Pearl Kite
05 January 2012 23:48
Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Lagoa do Peixe • November 2009
Bird name: Pearl Kite
Latin: Gampsonyx swainsonii
Other: Gaviãozinho, cauré, cricri (Br) • (Es)
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela to Bolivia, Argentina
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Quick view of a Pearl Kite in eastern Ecuador. The smallest of raptors in the Americas. Note peachy cheeks and black line down neck.
Mississippi Kite
01 June 2010 18:43
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Pipeline Road, Panama • 24 April 2010
Bird name: Mississippi Kite
Latin: Ictinia mississippiensis
Other: Milano boreal (Es) • Sauveiro do norte (Br)
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range: Texas to South America via Central America.
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We saw well over a hundred Mississippi Kites migrating towards North America, above the Pipeline Road in central Panama, in the Canal zone, in late April 2010. A fabulous site.
As you can see, there are 80 birds in the photo above, among which I think there is one odd-man-out, a Swainson’s Hawk. Can you see where? Give up? Top middle with vertical wings!
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Swallow Tailed Kite
31 May 2010 10:00
Photos copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Cerro Azul, Panama, 23 April 2010
Bird name: Swallow Tailed Kite
Latin: Elanoides forficatus
Other: Gavião-tesoura (Br) • Elanio tijereta (Es)
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range:
Similar:
The Swallow Tailed Kite is unmistakable by its long deeply-forked tail and contrasting black and white plumage.
Its range includes much of South America, excluding the southern cone, and extends up through Central America into southern USA.
I was greeted by a close group of about twenty or thirty Swallow-tailed Kites, circling on thermals on Cerro Azul, where these photos were taken on my first morning in Panama. Possibly migrating, though there is a resident population.
More photos...Red Kite
13 April 2010 13:00
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Eze, Oct 2009
Bird name: Red Kite
Latin: Milvus milvus
Other: Milan royal (Fr) • Nibbio reale (It) • Milano real (Es) • Rotmilan (De)
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range:
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A few flight shots of a couple of Red Kites during autumn migration on the Cote d’Azur. Red Kites are not typical residents of the Alpes Maritimes, but some fly along the coast during migration. About 40 were recorded flying past Eze in 2008. The peak day for migration, with between 5 to 20 birds recorded typically, is around the 23rd of October. These photos were taken on the 2nd of October.
There is just enough detail to see the main identifying feature of the Red Kite, its wide forked tail, which distinguishes it from the Black Kite in flight. The light “window” near the end of the wings is also lighter, and the body more rufous, than the corresponding areas on the Black Kite.More photos...
Rufous Thighed Kite
24 January 2010 15:08
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Ubatuba, SP • November 2009
Bird name: Rufous Thighed Kite
Latin: Harpagus diodon
Other: Gavião-bombachinha
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range:
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The Rufous-thighed Kite is a mimic of the Bicoloured Hawk, so novices (like me) find them difficult to differentiate.
Fortunately the Rufous-thighed Kite has yellow around the eye and the Bicolored Hawk doesn’t, so that’s an easier differentiator if you’re close enough.
The Bicolored Hawk also tends to be bigger and has more of a fierce aspect. But at least one type of adult of each have similar barred wings and tail, rufous underarms and thighs, and plain greyish chest and belly.
The Rufous-thighed Kite lives mostly in Brazil but its range spreads over to neighbouring countries.
Thanks to Rick for ID!More photos...
Snail Kite
14 December 2009 16:06
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Mostardas, Brazil • November 2009
Bird name: Snail Kite
Latin: Rostrhamus sociabilis
Other: Gavião-caramujeiro (Br) • Caracolero común • Elanio caracolero • Gavilán caracolero • Milano caracolero
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range:
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Snail Kites like nothing better than a large Apple Snail to eat - hence their name.
The farmer I was with, when I photographed these kites at a lake near Mostardas, told me that they were scavengers of rubbish, when I expressed surprise at the steady stream of them flying past. I don’t think they are scavengers, but when we visited the lake they were flying past about one every 200 metres.
The males (on left, below) are dark grey, with deep red legs, ceres and eyes and a thick black band on the tail behind a white rump. All Snail Kites have very hooked bills.
Females (on right, below) also have red eyes but yellow-orange legs and ceres,and brown wings with white showing rather like a common buzzard.
I would assume the other two types shown above with lighter faces (top two in the composite of birds on posts) are juveniles.
Snail Kites live mostly in eastern South America and the Caribbean, though they can also be found in Florida.
More photos...Black Kite
16 August 2009 12:10
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Entressen + • July 2009
Bird name: Black Kite
Latin: Milvus migrans
Other: Milan Noir • European Black Kite
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range:
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Dozens of Black Kites seen in Entressen - on ground, on posts, a good twenty in one tree, another twenty or thirty in the air above, some catching dragonflies … quite a sight!
More photos...Accipitridae - Kites, Hawks, Eagles
17 August 2008 19:18
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
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