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 31 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Long-tailed Honey-buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Black Honey-buzzard Henicopernis infuscatus (E)
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
- Eastern Marsh-Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis
- Variable Goshawk Accipiter hiogaster
- Gray Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae
- Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
- Black-mantled Goshawk Accipiter melanochlamys
- Pied Goshawk Accipiter albogularis
- Slaty-mantled Goshawk Accipiter luteoschistaceus (E)
- Gray-headed Goshawk Accipiter poliocephalus
- New Britain Goshawk Accipiter princeps (E)
- Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus
- New Britain Sparrowhawk Accipiter brachyurus (E)
- Meyer's Goshawk Accipiter meyerianus
- Chestnut-shouldered Goshawk Erythrotriorchis buergersi
- Doria's Goshawk Megatriorchis doriae
- Gray-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- New Guinea Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguineae
- Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Little Eagle Aquila morphnoides
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea
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)