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 60 species which occur in Uganda.
- African Cuckoo-hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- 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-chested Snake-eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Brown Snake-eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis
- 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
- Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii
- Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius
- Shikra Accipiter badius
- Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus
- Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
- Ovampo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- 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
- Cassin's Hawk-eagle Spizaetus africanus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Uganda
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)