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 35 species which have been recorded in Paraguay.
- Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Rufous-thighed Kite Harpagus diodon
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- Gray-bellied Goshawk Accipiter poliogaster
- Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus
- Rufous-thighed Hawk Accipiter erythronemius
- Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Mantled Hawk Leucopternis polionotus
- 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
- Crowned Eagle Harpyhaliaetus coronatus
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
- White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- 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
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Paraguay
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“The curse of hell upon the sleek upstart
That got the Captain finally on his back
And took the red red vitals of his heart
And made the kites to whet their beaks clack clack.”
—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)