List of Birds of Mexico - Accipiters

Accipiters

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.

  • Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
  • Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
  • Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
  • White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
  • Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
  • Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
  • Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
  • Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
  • Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
  • Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
  • Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
  • Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
  • Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
  • White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis
  • Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
  • Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
  • Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
  • Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
  • Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
  • Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
  • Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
  • Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
  • Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
  • Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
  • Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
  • White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus
  • Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
  • Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
  • Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
  • Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
  • Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis
  • Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja
  • Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
  • Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus
  • Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
  • Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus

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