List of Birds of French Guiana - Hawks, Kites and Eagles

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 36 species which have been recorded in French Guiana.

• Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
• Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
• Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
• Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii (A)
• White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus (A)
• Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
• Slender-billed Kite Rostrhamus hamatus
• Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
• Rufous-thighed Kite Harpagus diodon
• Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
• Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
• Gray-bellied Goshawk Accipiter poliogaster (A)
• Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus
• Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis (A)
• Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
• Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
• Slate-colored Hawk Leucopternis schistaceus
• Black-faced Hawk Leucopternis melanops
• White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis
• Rufous Crab-Hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis
• Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
• Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
• Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
• Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
• Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius (A)
• Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
• Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
• Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
• Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
• White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus
• Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
• Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis
• Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja
• Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus
• Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
• Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus