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 56 species which occur in Tanzania.
- 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
- Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppellii
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Fasciated Snake-Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
- Shikra Accipiter badius
- Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
- Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
- Ovampo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga (A)
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- 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 Tanzania
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)