
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) by Rays Wildlife Photos
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31 KJV)
CLASS – AVES, Order – ACCIPITRIFORMES, Family – Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks & Eagles
| Kites, Hawks & Eagles (250) | Family Accipitridae | |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda madagascariensis | |
| Jerdon’s Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| Black Baza | Aviceda leuphotes | |
| Grey-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | |
| White-collared Kite | Leptodon forbesi | |
| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | |
| Cuban Kite | Chondrohierax wilsonii | |
| Long-tailed Honey Buzzard | Henicopernis longicauda | |
| Black Honey Buzzard | Henicopernis infuscatus | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Crested Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Barred Honey Buzzard | Pernis celebensis | |
| Philippine Honey Buzzard | Pernis steerei | |
| Square-tailed Kite | Lophoictinia isura | |
| Black-breasted Buzzard | Hamirostra melanosternon | |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
| Pearl Kite | Gampsonyx swainsonii | |
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus axillaris | |
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | |
| Letter-winged Kite | Elanus scriptus | |
| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | |
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | |
| Slender-billed Kite | Helicolestes hamatus | |
| Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus | |
| Rufous-thighed Kite | Harpagus diodon | |
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | |
| Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Sanford’s Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus sanfordi | |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| Madagascar Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vociferoides | |
| Pallas’s Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |
| Steller’s Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus pelagicus | |
| Lesser Fish Eagle | Icthyophaga humilis | |
| Grey-headed Fish Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture – Video | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| Bearded Vulture – Video | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| Egyptian Vulture by Nikhil – Video | Neophron percnopterus | |
| Hooded Vulture – Video | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| White-backed Vulture by Africaddict – Video | Gyps africanus | |
| White-rumped Vulture – Video | Gyps bengalensis | |
| Indian Vulture by Nikhil – Video | Gyps indicus | |
| Slender-billed Vulture | Gyps tenuirostris | |
| Rüppell’s Vulture | Gyps rueppellii | |
| Himalayan Vulture Imm by Nikhil | Gyps himalayensis | |
| Griffon Vulture by Nikhil | Gyps fulvus | |
| Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres | |
| Red-headed Vulture by Nikhil – Video | Sarcogyps calvus | |
| White-headed Vulture -Video | Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
| Cinereous Vulture by Nikhil – Video | Aegypius monachus | |
| Lappet-faced Vulture by Africaddict – Video | Torgos tracheliotus | |
| Short-toed Snake Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | |
| Black-chested Snake Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Southern Banded Snake Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus | |
| Western Banded Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle | Spilornis minimus | |
| Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle | Spilornis klossi | |
| Mountain Serpent Eagle | Spilornis kinabaluensis | |
| Sulawesi Serpent Eagle | Spilornis rufipectus | |
| Philippine Serpent Eagle | Spilornis holospilus | |
| Andaman Serpent Eagle | Spilornis elgini | |
| Congo Serpent Eagle | Dryotriorchis spectabilis | |
| Madagascar Serpent Eagle | Eutriorchis astur | |
| Western Marsh Harrier by Nikhil | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
| Papuan Harrier | Circus spilothorax | |
| Swamp Harrier by Ian | Circus approximans | |
| African Marsh Harrier by Africaddict | Circus ranivorus | |
| Reunion Harrier | Circus maillardi | |
| Malagasy Harrier | Circus macrosceles | |
| Long-winged Harrier by Kent | Circus buffoni | |
| Spotted Harrier by Ian | Circus assimilis | |
| Black Harrier by Keith | Circus maurus | |
| Northern Harrier JFenton | Circus cyaneus | |
| Cinereous Harrier | Circus cinereus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Pied Harrier by Nikhil | Circus melanoleucos | |
| Montagu’s Harrier by Ian – Video by Keith | Circus pygargus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk by Dave – Video-Keith | Polyboroides typus | |
| Madagascar Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides radiatus | |
| Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| Eastern Chanting Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
| Pale Chanting Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Grey-bellied Hawk | Accipiter poliogaster | |
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| Sulawesi Goshawk | Accipiter griseiceps | |
| Red-chested Goshawk | Accipiter toussenelii | |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
| Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk | Accipiter castanilius | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Nicobar Sparrowhawk | Accipiter butleri | |
| Levant Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brevipes | |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Frances’s Sparrowhawk | Accipiter francesiae | |
| Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk | Accipiter trinotatus | |
| Grey Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | |
| Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| Black-mantled Goshawk | Accipiter melanochlamys | |
| Pied Goshawk | Accipiter albogularis | |
| White-bellied Goshawk | Accipiter haplochrous | |
| Fiji Goshawk | Accipiter rufitorques | |
| Moluccan Goshawk | Accipiter henicogrammus | |
| Slaty-mantled Goshawk | Accipiter luteoschistaceus | |
| Imitator Goshawk | Accipiter imitator | |
| Grey-headed Goshawk | Accipiter poliocephalus | |
| New Britain Goshawk | Accipiter princeps | |
| Tiny Hawk | Accipiter superciliosus | |
| Semicollared Hawk | Accipiter collaris | |
| Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythropus | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| Dwarf Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nanus | |
| Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythrauchen | |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Accipiter cirrocephalus | |
| New Britain Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brachyurus | |
| Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rhodogaster | |
| Madagascar Sparrowhawk | Accipiter madagascariensis | |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| White-breasted Hawk | Accipiter chionogaster | |
| Plain-breasted Hawk | Accipiter ventralis | |
| Rufous-thighed Hawk | Accipiter erythronemius | |
| Cooper’s Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | |
| Gundlach’s Hawk | Accipiter gundlachi | |
| Bicolored Hawk | Accipiter bicolor | |
| Chilean Hawk | Accipiter chilensis | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| Henst’s Goshawk | Accipiter henstii | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| Meyer’s Goshawk | Accipiter meyerianus | |
| Chestnut-shouldered Goshawk | Erythrotriorchis buergersi | |
| Red Goshawk | Erythrotriorchis radiatus | |
| Doria’s Goshawk | Megatriorchis doriae | |
| Long-tailed Hawk | Urotriorchis macrourus | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | |
| White-eyed Buzzard | Butastur teesa | |
| Rufous-winged Buzzard | Butastur liventer | |
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
| Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens | |
| Plumbeous Hawk | Leucopternis plumbeus | |
| Slate-colored Hawk | Leucopternis schistaceus | |
| Barred Hawk | Leucopternis princeps | |
| Black-faced Hawk | Leucopternis melanops | |
| White-browed Hawk | Leucopternis kuhli | |
| White-necked Hawk | Leucopternis lacernulatus | |
| Semiplumbeous Hawk | Leucopternis semiplumbeus | |
| White Hawk | Leucopternis albicollis | |
| Grey-backed Hawk | Leucopternis occidentalis | |
| Mantled Hawk | Leucopternis polionotus | |
| Rufous Crab Hawk | Buteogallus aequinoctialis | |
| Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |
| Cuban Black Hawk | Buteogallus gundlachii | |
| Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | |
| Savanna Hawk | Buteogallus meridionalis | |
| Harris’s Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | |
| Black-collared Hawk | Busarellus nigricollis | |
| Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle | Geranoaetus melanoleucus | |
| Montane Solitary Eagle | Harpyhaliaetus solitarius | |
| Crowned Solitary Eagle | Harpyhaliaetus coronatus | |
| Grey Hawk | Buteo nitidus | |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | |
| Ridgway’s Hawk | Buteo ridgwayi | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
| White-rumped Hawk | Buteo leucorrhous | |
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | |
| White-throated Hawk | Buteo albigula | |
| Swainson’s Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |
| White-tailed Hawk | Buteo albicaudatus | |
| Galapagos Hawk | Buteo galapagoensis | |
| Variable Hawk | Buteo polyosoma | |
| Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | |
| Hawaiian Hawk | Buteo solitarius | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
| Rufous-tailed Hawk | Buteo ventralis | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Eastern Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
| Himalayan Buzzard | Buteo refectus | |
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | |
| Forest Buzzard | Buteo trizonatus | |
| Madagascar Buzzard | Buteo brachypterus | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
| Upland Buzzard | Buteo hemilasius | |
| Ferruginous Hawk | Buteo regalis | |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | |
| Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
| Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis | |
| Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja | |
| Papuan Eagle | Harpyopsis novaeguineae | |
| Philippine Eagle | Pithecophaga jefferyi | |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malayensis | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Aquila pomarina | |
| Indian Spotted Eagle | Aquila hastata | |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Aquila clanga | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
| Spanish Imperial Eagle | Aquila adalberti | |
| Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | |
| Gurney’s Eagle | Aquila gurneyi | |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Wedge-tailed Eagle | Aquila audax | |
| Verreaux’s Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle | Aquila africana | |
| Bonelli’s Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Little Eagle | Hieraaetus morphnoides | |
| Pygmy Eagle | Hieraaetus weiskei | |
| Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Crested Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | |
| Flores Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus floris | |
| Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | |
| Legge’s Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus kelaarti | |
| Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus alboniger | |
| Javan Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus bartelsi | |
| Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus lanceolatus | |
| Philippine Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus philippensis | |
| Pinsker’s Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus pinskeri | |
| Wallace’s Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nanus | |
| Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus | |
| Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus melanoleucus | |
| Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | |
| Black-and-chestnut Eagle | Spizaetus isidori | |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
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