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 46 species which occur in Senegal.
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppellii
- Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii
- Shikra Accipiter badius
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus
- Ovampo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo (A)
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciatus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Aquila ayresii
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Crowned Hawk-Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Senegal
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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)