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 50 species which have been recorded in Ecuador.
- 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
- Slender-billed Kite Rostrhamus hamatus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Rufous-thighed Kite Harpagus diodon
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- Gray-bellied Goshawk Accipiter poliogaster
- Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus
- Semicollared Hawk Accipiter collaris
- Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis
- Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Plumbeous Hawk Leucopternis plumbeus
- Slate-colored Hawk Leucopternis schistaceus
- Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps
- Black-faced Hawk Leucopternis melanops
- Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus
- White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis
- Gray-backed Hawk Leucopternis occidentalis
- Mangrove Black-Hawk Buteogallus subtilis
- 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
- Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Galapagos Hawk Buteo galapagoensis (E)
- Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma
- Puna Hawk Buteo poecilochrous
- 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
- Black-and-chestnut Eagle Oroaetus isidori
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ecuador
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)