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 33 species which occur in Saudi Arabia.
- European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pallas's Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppellii
- Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
- Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Shikra Accipiter badius
- Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
- Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciatus
- Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Saudi Arabia
Famous quotes containing the word kites:
“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)