Hawks, Kites and Eagles
Order: Falconiformes. Family: Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and include hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. There are 233 species worldwide and 57 species which occur in India.
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus (Hypothetical according to Rasmussen and Anderton 2005)
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-eared Kite Milvus migrans lineatus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
- Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Lesser Fish-eagle Ichthyophaga humilis
- Grey-headed Fish-eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
- Indian Vulture Gyps indicus
- Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Nicobar Serpent-eagle Spilornis klossi
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Andaman Serpent Eagle Spilornis elgini
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus (A) (Hypothetical according to Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus
- Shikra Accipiter badius
- Nicobar Sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis
- Besra Accipiter virgatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
- White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
- Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo (race vulpinus)
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo burmanicus (earlier treated under Buteo japonicus)
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina (Possible according to Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
- Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata (earlier treated as A. pomarina hastata)
- Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciatus
- Booted Eagle Aquila pennata
- Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Crested Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus (Spizaetus restricted to the neotropics by Gjershaug et al., 2008)
- Nisaetus limnaetus (split from cirrhatus by Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
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