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 28 species which occur in Germany.
- European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus (A)
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Steller's Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus (A)
- Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus (A)
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus (A)
- Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus (A)
- Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus (A)
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes (A)
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
- Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus (A)
- Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga (A)
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis (A)
- Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca (A)
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciatus
- Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus (A)
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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)