Eagles
Harpy Eagle
14 January 2012 16:40

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Summit Gardens, Panama • April 2010
Bird name: Harpy Eagle
Latin: Harpia harpyja
Other: Aguila harpía (Es) • Harpia (Br)
Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Birds of Prey
Range: Central America and tropical South America to Brazil
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The top pics are of a captive Harpy Eagle eating at the Summit Gardens zoo - further below there are a couple of pics of a wild bird in Brazil, sent in by Paula.
The Harpy Eagle is the largest and most powerful raptor in the Americas, with much larger talons than a Golden Eagle. Somehow, close up it didn’t look quite as big as I had expected. A rare bird, classed as Near Threatened, it is being reintroduced in several locations, including Soberania National Park in Panama.More photos...
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African Hawk Eagle
14 January 2012 09:07

Copyright: TC/monacoeye • Tanzania • All rights reserved
Bird name: African Hawk Eagle
Latin: Aquila spilogaster
Other: Aigle fascié (Fr)
Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Birds of Prey
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa, ex Congo basin
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An African Hawk-Eagle in Tanzania. Thanks to Tom C. for photo.
Martial Eagle
05 January 2012 23:52

Copyright: TC/monacoeye • Tanzania
Bird name: Martial Eagle
Latin: Polemaetus bellicosus
Other: Aigle martial (Fr)
Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Birds of Prey
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Martial Eagle in Tanzania, sent in by Tom. Below, feeding chicks in nest.More photos...
Long Crested Eagle
05 January 2012 23:49

Copyright: TC/monacoeye • Tanzania
Bird name: Long Crested Eagle
Latin: Lophaetus occipitalis
Other: Aigle huppard (Fr)
Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Birds of Prey
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa - non arid zones
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A Long-crested Eagle in Tanzania. Thanks to Tom again for the photo.
Black Chested Buzzard Eagle
07 February 2011 17:43

Copyright: RN/monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Lago Roca, Jan 2010
Bird name: Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
Latin: Geranoaetus melanoleucus
Other: Aguila mora, águila chilena • Águia-chilena (Br)
Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Birds of Prey
Range: Venezuela to S Chile, SE South America
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Many thanks to Becky for sending in this great set of pictures from Tierra del Fuego. This lovely picture of a juvenile Black-chested Buzzard Eagle was taken beside the road at Lago Roca in January.More photos...
Wedge Tailed Eagle
27 December 2010 13:50

Copyright: TH/monacoeye • Perth, Australia • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: Wedge Tailed Eagle
Latin: Aquila audax
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Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Birds of Prey
Range: Australia
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This young Wedge Tailed Eagle was, I understand, recovered from captivity and an attempt was made at rehabilitation but it was too tame to release.
Tawny Eagle
13 April 2010 17:35

Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Serengeti, Oct 2009
Bird name: Tawny Eagle
Latin: Aquila rapax
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Family: Accipitridae • Eagles
A couple of nice shots of Tawny Eagles, sent in by André, taken in the Serengeti. These large eagles breed in Africa and Asia, and all the way to India.
Aquila eagles can be identified by their feathered legs. The Tawny Eagle is known for its slightly scruffy appearance.More photos...
African Fish Eagle
11 March 2010 22:58

Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Amboseli • Oct 2009
Bird name: African Fish Eagle
Latin: Haliaeetus vocifer
Other: African Sea Eagle
Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Sea Eagles, Birds of Prey
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The African Fish Eagle is found across sub-Saharan, near lakes and rivers. It is a large powerful bird with a two-metre wingspan.More photos...
Bateleur
11 March 2010 22:56

Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Amboseli • Oct 2009
Bird name: Bateleur
Latin: Terathopius ecaudatus
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Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Birds of Prey
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The Bateleur is a strongly marked medium-sized eagle, with a very short tail, which makes it easy to identify in flight.More photos...
Booted Eagle
31 October 2009 22:16

Here’s another pale phase Booted Eagle seen a few days ago on the coast near Nice. Like the one I saw in January, (below), it seems a little out of range to be a resident, although it was circling and appeared to be hunting.
Typically a few dozen migrate along the coast towards Spain and Africa, so it may have been migrating. In 2004, exceptionally, 500 Booted Eagles were seen travelling up the coast from Spain, through the Pyrenees, along the Côte d’Azur eastwards and then presumably heading down through Italy to Africa.
Since then a few have still been coming this way. Although this is not the “normal” migration direction, this year, which is the first year I have observed migrating birds, quite a few birds appeared to be migrating “the wrong way”, including wood pigeons and birds of prey.
Other observers noticed similar behaviour, though whether the birds in question really were heading down Italy or were just flying back to the mountains for a thermal or another reason before continuing their journey to Spain, we had no way of knowing.
Booted Eagles can be much darker than these two individuals but always have pale patches around the inner primary feathers. Notice 6 “fingers” on wing tip, compared to buzzards 5.

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Vaugrenier - October • Camargue - January • France
Bird name: Booted Eagle
Latin: Aquila pennata
Other: Hieraaetus pennatus • Aigle Botté
Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Birds of Prey
I have it on good authority this was a Booted Eagle… Unusual for this area in the winter.More photos...
Bald Eagle
28 June 2009 06:04

Photo copyright: monacoeye.com • 2009 • Do not copy
Bird name: Bald Eagle
Latin: Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Sea Eagles, Birds of Prey
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The Bald Eagle is the national bird of America. It lives in North America only. As one of 8 “sea eagles” the Bald Eagle forms a species pair with the White Tailed Eagle, which lives in Asia and Europe.More photos...
White Tailed Eagle
28 June 2009 00:41

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: White Tailed Eagle
Latin: Haliaeetus albicilla
Other: Sea Eagle • Erne • Ern • White-Tailed Sea-Eagle • Pygargue à Queue Blanche • Grand Aigle de Mer • Aigle Barbu
Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Sea Eagles, Birds of Prey
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A superb bird, with a massive beak, the White-Tailed Eagle has a two metre wingspan and is the fourth largest eagle in the world. They can live to thirty years old.
The White Tailed Eagle is rare in Europe so the Danube Delta is a good place to see one. As this one approached on Caraorman Island he was mobbed by crows and then disappeared again.More photos...
Accipitridae - Kites, Hawks, Eagles
17 August 2008 19:18
037 Accipitridae - Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Vultures - IOC 2.5 - 2010
Aviceda cuculoides - African Cuckoo-Hawk - W, C, SC, SE Africa
Aviceda madagascariensis - Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk - Madagascar
Aviceda jerdoni - Jerdon's Baza - Widespread Asia
Aviceda subcristata - Pacific Baza - Widespread Australasia
Aviceda leuphotes - Black Baza - Widespread Asia
Leptodon cayanensis - Grey-headed Kite - EC Mexico to N Argentina
Leptodon forbesi - White-collared Kite - NE Brazil
Chondrohierax uncinatus - Hook-billed Kite - S Texas to N Argentina
Chondrohierax wilsonii - Cuban Kite - E Cuba - Split from C. uncinatus
Henicopernis longicauda - Long-tailed Honey Buzzard - New Guinea
Henicopernis infuscatus - Black Honey Buzzard - New Britain
Pernis apivorus - European Honey Buzzard - W Eurasia - Africa
Pernis ptilorhynchus - Crested Honey Buzzard - E Europe, Widespread Eurasia, Asia Asia
Pernis celebensis - Barred Honey Buzzard - Sulawesi
Pernis steerei - Philippine Honey Buzzard - Philippines - Split from P. celebensis
Lophoictinia isura - Square-tailed Kite - Australia
Hamirostra melanosternon - Black-breasted Buzzard - Australia
Elanoides forficatus - Swallow-tailed Kite - S USA to NE Argentina
Macheiramphus alcinus - Bat Hawk - Widespread Africa, Asia in Africa, Burma to Borneo
Gampsonyx swainsonii - Pearl Kite - N, Amazonia, South America, also W Nicaragua
Elanus caeruleus - Black-winged Kite - Widespread Africa, Asia
Elanus axillaris - Black-shouldered Kite - Australia
Elanus leucurus - White-tailed Kite - S, W USA to C Argentina
Elanus scriptus - Letter-winged Kite - Australia
Chelictinia riocourii - Scissor-tailed Kite - E, C, W Africa
Rostrhamus sociabilis - Snail Kite - S Florida & Caribbean to NE Argentina
Helicolestes hamatus - Slender-billed Kite - E Panama through Amazonia
Harpagus bidentatus - Double-toothed Kite - E Mexico to SE Brazil
Harpagus diodon - Rufous-thighed Kite - E Amazonia, SE South America
Ictinia mississippiensis - Mississippi Kite - SE, C North America - SC South America
Ictinia plumbea - Plumbeous Kite - NE Mexico to N Argentina
Milvus milvus - Red Kite - Europe
Milvus migrans - Black Kite - Widespread Eurasia, Africa, Asia, Australasia - incl M. aegyptius Yellow Billed Kite
Haliastur sphenurus - Whistling Kite - Widespread Australasia
Haliastur indus - Brahminy Kite - Pakistan to N Australia
Haliaeetus leucogaster - White-bellied Sea Eagle - India to Tasmania
Haliaeetus sanfordi - Sanford's Sea Eagle - Solomon Islands - New name
Haliaeetus vocifer - African Fish Eagle - Widespread Africa
Haliaeetus vociferoides - Madagascar Fish Eagle - Madagascar
Haliaeetus leucoryphus - Pallas's Fish Eagle - C, Eurasia, also N India
Haliaeetus albicilla - White-tailed Eagle - Widespread Eurasia
Haliaeetus leucocephalus - Bald Eagle - Widespread North America, also NW Mexico
Haliaeetus pelagicus - Steller's Sea Eagle - NE Eurasia
Icthyophaga humilis - Lesser Fish Eagle - Widespread Asia
Icthyophaga ichthyaetus - Grey-headed Fish Eagle - Widespread Asia
Gypohierax angolensis - Palm-nut Vulture - W, C, SC, SE Africa
Gypaetus barbatus - Bearded Vulture - N, E, S Africa; C, SW Asia
Neophron percnopterus - Egyptian Vulture - W Africa to India, S Spain to C Asia
Necrosyrtes monachus - Hooded Vulture - Widespread Africa
Gyps africanus - White-backed Vulture - Widespread Africa
Gyps bengalensis - White-rumped Vulture - Iran through Southeast Asia
Gyps indicus - Indian Vulture - SE Pakistan, S India
Gyps tenuirostris - Slender-billed Vulture - Himalayas through Southeast Asia
Gyps rueppellii - Rüppell's Vulture - E, C, W Africa
Gyps himalayensis - Himalayan Vulture - Himalayas
Gyps fulvus - Griffon Vulture - N Africa, SW Europe, Africa, Eurasia, also N India
Gyps coprotheres - Cape Vulture - S Africa
Sarcogyps calvus - Red-headed Vulture - Widespread Asia
Trigonoceps occipitalis - White-headed Vulture - Widespread Africa - Was Aegypius
Aegypius monachus - Cinereous Vulture - SW, C Eurasia - N Africa, India, China
Torgos tracheliotus - Lappet-faced Vulture - Widespread Africa, also Arabian Peninsula - Was Aegypius
Circaetus gallicus - Short-toed Snake Eagle - W, C Europe, India - E, C, W Africa
Circaetus beaudouini - Beaudouin's Snake Eagle - C, W Africa
Circaetus pectoralis - Black-chested Snake Eagle - E, SC, S Africa
Circaetus cinereus - Brown Snake Eagle - Widespread Africa
Circaetus fasciolatus - Southern Banded Snake Eagle - S, SE Africa
Circaetus cinerascens - Western Banded Snake Eagle - W, C, E, SC Africa
Terathopius ecaudatus - Bateleur - Widespread Africa
Spilornis cheela - Crested Serpent Eagle - Widespread Asia, including one form on Great Nicobar Is (P Rasmussen)
Spilornis minimus - Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle - C Nicobar Islands - Was Nicobar Serpent Eagle
Spilornis klossi - Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle - Great Nicobar Island - Split from S. minimus
Spilornis kinabaluensis - Mountain Serpent Eagle - Borneo
Spilornis rufipectus - Sulawesi Serpent Eagle - Sulawesi
Spilornis holospilus - Philippine Serpent Eagle - Philippines
Spilornis elgini - Andaman Serpent Eagle - Andaman Islands
Dryotriorchis spectabilis - Congo Serpent Eagle - W, C Africa
Eutriorchis astur - Madagascar Serpent Eagle - Madagascar
Circus aeruginosus - Western Marsh Harrier - W, WC Eurasia - Africa, India
Circus spilonotus - Eastern Marsh Harrier - E Eurasia - E Asia
Circus spilothorax - Papuan Harrier - C, E New Guinea - Split from Eastern Marsh Harrier C. spilonotus
Circus approximans - Swamp Harrier - Widespread Australasia
Circus ranivorus - African Marsh Harrier - E, S Africa
Circus maillardi - Reunion Harrier - La Réunion - Was Malagasy Marsh Harrier
Circus macrosceles - Malagasy Harrier - Madagascar, Comoro Is - Split from C. maillardi
Circus buffoni - Long-winged Harrier - N, EC, SE South America
Circus assimilis - Spotted Harrier - Widespread Australasia
Circus maurus - Black Harrier - S Africa
Circus cyaneus - Northern Harrier - Widespread N America, Eurasia (Hen Harrier) - C America, Asia.
Circus cinereus - Cinereous Harrier - W, S South America
Circus macrourus - Pallid Harrier - C Eurasia - Africa, Asia
Circus melanoleucos - Pied Harrier - E Eurasia - Asia
Circus pygargus - Montagu's Harrier - W, C Eurasia - Africa, India
Polyboroides typus - African Harrier-Hawk - Widespread Africa
Polyboroides radiatus - Madagascar Harrier-Hawk - Madagascar
Melierax metabates - Dark Chanting Goshawk - Widespread Africa
Melierax poliopterus - Eastern Chanting Goshawk - E Africa
Melierax canorus - Pale Chanting Goshawk - S Africa
Micronisus gabar - Gabar Goshawk - Widespread Africa
Accipiter poliogaster - Grey-bellied Hawk - N, C, SE South America
Accipiter trivirgatus - Crested Goshawk - Widespread Asia
Accipiter griseiceps - Sulawesi Goshawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter toussenelii - Red-chested Goshawk - W, WC Africa
Accipiter tachiro - African Goshawk - E, SC, S Africa
Accipiter castanilius - Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk - WC Africa
Accipiter badius - Shikra - Widespread Africa, Asia, also S Europe
Accipiter butleri - Nicobar Sparrowhawk - Nicobar Islands
Accipiter brevipes - Levant Sparrowhawk - SW Eurasia - C Africa
Accipiter soloensis - Chinese Sparrowhawk - E Eurasia - E Asia
Accipiter francesiae - Frances's Sparrowhawk - Madagascar region
Accipiter trinotatus - Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter novaehollandiae - Grey Goshawk - Australia, Tasmania
Accipiter hiogaster - Variable Goshawk - Moluccas to New Guinea and Solomon Is. Australasia - Split from A. novaehollandiae
Accipiter fasciatus - Brown Goshawk - Widespread Australasia
Accipiter melanochlamys - Black-mantled Goshawk - New Guinea
Accipiter albogularis - Pied Goshawk - Solomon Islands
Accipiter haplochrous - White-bellied Goshawk - New Caledonia
Accipiter rufitorques - Fiji Goshawk - Fiji Islands
Accipiter henicogrammus - Moluccan Goshawk - Moluccas
Accipiter luteoschistaceus - Slaty-mantled Goshawk - New Britain
Accipiter imitator - Imitator Goshawk - Solomon Islands
Accipiter poliocephalus - Grey-headed Goshawk - New Guinea
Accipiter princeps - New Britain Goshawk - New Britain
Accipiter superciliosus - Tiny Hawk - Nicaragua to N Argentina
Accipiter collaris - Semicollared Hawk - Venezuela to Peru
Accipiter erythropus - Red-thighed Sparrowhawk - W, WC Africa
Accipiter minullus - Little Sparrowhawk - S, SC, E Africa
Accipiter gularis - Japanese Sparrowhawk - C, E Eurasia - E Asia
Accipiter virgatus - Besra - Widespread Asia
Accipiter nanus - Dwarf Sparrowhawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter erythrauchen - Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk - Moluccas
Accipiter cirrocephalus - Collared Sparrowhawk - Australia, New Guinea
Accipiter brachyurus - New Britain Sparrowhawk - New Britain - New name
Accipiter rhodogaster - Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter madagascariensis - Madagascar Sparrowhawk - Madagascar
Accipiter ovampensis - Ovambo Sparrowhawk - NE, SC Africa - C, W Africa
Accipiter nisus - Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Widespread Eurasia - Asia, NE Africa
Accipiter rufiventris - Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk - E, SE, S Africa
Accipiter striatus - Sharp-shinned Hawk - Widespread North America, Middle America
Accipiter chionogaster - White-breasted Hawk - S Mexico to Nicaragua - Split from A. striatus
Accipiter ventralis - Plain-breasted Hawk - Venezuela to W Bolivia
Accipiter erythronemius - Rufous-thighed Hawk - SC, SE South America
Accipiter cooperii - Cooper's Hawk - S Canada to Honduras
Accipiter gundlachi - Gundlach's Hawk - Cuba
Accipiter bicolor - Bicolored Hawk - S Mexico to N Argentina
Accipiter chilensis - Chilean Hawk - SW South America - Split from A. bicolor
Accipiter melanoleucus - Black Sparrowhawk - Widespread Africa
Accipiter henstii - Henst's Goshawk - Madagascar
Accipiter gentilis - Northern Goshawk - Widespread North America, Middle America, Eurasia
Accipiter meyerianus - Meyer's Goshawk - New Guinea, New Britain, Solomon Islands
Erythrotriorchis buergersi - Chestnut-shouldered Goshawk - New Guinea
Erythrotriorchis radiatus - Red Goshawk - N, E Australia
Megatriorchis doriae - Doria's Goshawk - New Guinea
Urotriorchis macrourus - Long-tailed Hawk - W, WC Africa
Kaupifalco monogrammicus - Lizard Buzzard - Widespread Africa
Butastur rufipennis - Grasshopper Buzzard - E, C, W Africa
Butastur teesa - White-eyed Buzzard - Pakistan to Burma
Butastur liventer - Rufous-winged Buzzard - Southeast Asia, Java, Asia, also Sulawesi
Butastur indicus - Grey-faced Buzzard - E Eurasia - Southeast Asia
Geranospiza caerulescens - Crane Hawk - Mexico to Uruguay
Leucopternis plumbeus - Plumbeous Hawk - Colombia to Peru
Leucopternis schistaceus - Slate-colored Hawk - Amazonia
Leucopternis princeps - Barred Hawk - Costa Rica to N Ecuador
Leucopternis melanops - Black-faced Hawk - N Amazonia
Leucopternis kuhli - White-browed Hawk - S Amazonia
Leucopternis lacernulatus - White-necked Hawk - E Brazil
Leucopternis semiplumbeus - Semiplumbeous Hawk - Honduras to NW Ecuador
Leucopternis albicollis - White Hawk - S Mexico through Amazonia
Leucopternis occidentalis - Grey-backed Hawk - W Ecuador, NW Peru
Leucopternis polionotus - Mantled Hawk - E Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay
Buteogallus aequinoctialis - Rufous Crab Hawk - N, E coasts
Buteogallus anthracinus - Common Black Hawk - SW USA to NW South America - Buteogallus anthracinus includes Mangrove Black Hawk B. subtilus as ssp
Buteogallus gundlachii - Cuban Black Hawk - Cuba - Buteogallus gundlachii now split from B. anthracinus
Buteogallus urubitinga - Great Black Hawk - Mexico to N Argentina
Buteogallus meridionalis - Savanna Hawk - Panama to N Argentina
Parabuteo unicinctus - Harris's Hawk - SW USA to S Argentina & Chile
Busarellus nigricollis - Black-collared Hawk - C Mexico to N Argentina
Geranoaetus melanoleucus - Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle - Venezuela to S Chile, SE South America
Harpyhaliaetus solitarius - Montane Solitary Eagle - Mexico to W, N South America
Harpyhaliaetus coronatus - Crowned Solitary Eagle - SE, SC South America
Buteo nitidus - Grey Hawk - SW USA to NC Argentina - NB name
Buteo magnirostris - Roadside Hawk - Mexico to NE Argentina
Buteo lineatus - Red-shouldered Hawk - SE, C, North America, also NE Mexico
Buteo ridgwayi - Ridgway's Hawk - Hispaniola
Buteo platypterus - Broad-winged Hawk - E, C North America - Caribbean, Latin America
Buteo leucorrhous - White-rumped Hawk - Venezuela to NW Bolivia, SE South America
Buteo brachyurus - Short-tailed Hawk - E Mexico to N Argentina, Latin America, also S Florida
Buteo albigula - White-throated Hawk - Venezuela to C Chile
Buteo swainsoni - Swainson's Hawk - NW, WC North America, Middle America - SE South America
Buteo albicaudatus - White-tailed Hawk - SW USA to C Argentina
Buteo galapagoensis - Galapagos Hawk - Galápagos Islands
Buteo polyosoma - Variable Hawk - W, Southern Cone - Buteo polyosoma includes B. exsul and B. poecilochrous
Buteo albonotatus - Zone-tailed Hawk - SW USA to Paraguay
Buteo solitarius - Hawaiian Hawk - Hawaiian Islands
Buteo jamaicensis - Red-tailed Hawk - Widespread North America, Middle America
Buteo ventralis - Rufous-tailed Hawk - S South America
Buteo buteo - Common Buzzard - Widespread Eurasia - Africa, Asia
Buteo japonicus - Eastern Buzzard - C, S Siberia, Mongolia, NE China, Japan - Split from B. buteo
Buteo refectus - Himalayan Buzzard - Himalayas - Split from B. buteo
Buteo oreophilus - Mountain Buzzard - E Africa
Buteo trizonatus - Forest Buzzard - S Africa
Buteo brachypterus - Madagascar Buzzard - Madagascar
Buteo rufinus - Long-legged Buzzard - SW, SC Eurasia, Africa - C Africa
Buteo hemilasius - Upland Buzzard - E Eurasia - N Asia
Buteo regalis - Ferruginous Hawk - W, WC North America - N Mexico
Buteo lagopus - Rough-legged Buzzard - Widespread North America, Eurasia - Was Roughleg
Buteo auguralis - Red-necked Buzzard - W, C Africa
Buteo augur - Augur Buzzard - E, SC Africa
Buteo rufofuscus - Jackal Buzzard - S Africa
Morphnus guianensis - Crested Eagle - Guatemala to NE Argentina
Harpia harpyja - Harpy Eagle - S Mexico to NE Argentina
Harpyopsis novaeguineae - Papuan Eagle - New Guinea
Pithecophaga jefferyi - Philippine Eagle - Philippines
Ictinaetus malayensis - Black Eagle - Widespread Asia
Aquila pomarina - Lesser Spotted Eagle - E Europe - Africa - 3 spotted eagles (pomarina, clanga, hastata ) from Aquila to Lophaetus
Aquila hastata - Indian Spotted Eagle - N India
Aquila clanga - Greater Spotted Eagle - NW, C, E Eurasia - SW Asia, NE Africa, Asia
Aquila rapax - Tawny Eagle - Widespread Africa, also India
Aquila nipalensis - Steppe Eagle - C Eurasia - Asia, Arabian Peninsula, Africa
Aquila adalberti - Spanish Imperial Eagle - Spain, Portugal, Eurasia, also Morocco
Aquila heliaca - Eastern Imperial Eagle - SW, C Eurasia - Asia, Arabian Peninsula, NE Africa - Was Asian Imperial Eagle
Aquila gurneyi - Gurney's Eagle - New Guinea, Moluccas
Aquila chrysaetos - Golden Eagle - Widespread North America, Middle America, Eurasia
Aquila audax - Wedge-tailed Eagle - Australia, S New Guinea
Aquila verreauxii - Verreaux's Eagle - C, E, SE, S Africa
Aquila africana - Cassin's Hawk-Eagle - W, WC Africa - Was Spizaetus to Aquila
Aquila fasciata - Bonelli's Eagle - Spain to India to S China, Eurasia, Asia, also N Africa - Was Hieraaetus to Aquila
Aquila spilogaster - African Hawk-Eagle - Widespread Africa - Was Hieraaetus to Aquila
Hieraaetus wahlbergi - Wahlberg's Eagle - Widespread Africa - Was Aquila
Hieraaetus pennatus - Booted Eagle - SW, SC Eurasia - Africa, India
Hieraaetus morphnoides - Little Eagle - Australia
Hieraaetus weiskei - Pygmy Eagle - New Guinea, Halmahera, Seram - Split from H. morphnoides, was New Guinea Hawk-Eagle
Hieraaetus ayresii - Ayres's Hawk-Eagle - Widespread Africa
Lophotriorchis kienerii - Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle - Asia, also Sulawesi - Was Hieraaetus
Polemaetus bellicosus - Martial Eagle - Widespread Africa
Lophaetus occipitalis - Long-crested Eagle - Widespread Africa
Nisaetus - was Spizaetus
Nisaetus cirrhatus - Crested Hawk-Eagle - Himalayas, C, S India & Sri Lanka to Greater Sundas & Philippines - includes limnaeetus as ssp
Nisaetus floris - Flores Hawk-Eagle - Lesser Sundas
Nisaetus nipalensis - Mountain Hawk-Eagle - Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan
Nisaetus kelaarti - Legge's Hawk-Eagle - Sri Lanka, SW India - Split from N. nipalensis
Nisaetus alboniger - Blyth's Hawk-Eagle - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo
Nisaetus bartelsi - Javan Hawk-Eagle - Java
Nisaetus lanceolatus - Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle - Sulawesi
Nisaetus philippensis - Philippine Hawk-Eagle - Luzon, Philippines
Nisaetus pinskeri - Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle - Philippines, except Luzon & Palawan - Split from N. philippensis
Nisaetus nanus - Wallace's Hawk-Eagle - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo
Spizaetus tyrannus - Black Hawk-Eagle - C Mexico to NE Argentina
Spizaetus melanoleucus - Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle - S Mexico to NE Argentina - Spizastur to Spizaetus
Spizaetus ornatus - Ornate Hawk-Eagle - SE Mexico to N Argentina
Spizaetus isidori - Black-and-chestnut Eagle - Venezuela to NW Argentina - Oroaetus to Spizaetus
Stephanoaetus coronatus - Crowned Eagle - W, C, E, SE Africa
Aviceda cuculoides - African Cuckoo-Hawk - W, C, SC, SE Africa
Aviceda madagascariensis - Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk - Madagascar
Aviceda jerdoni - Jerdon's Baza - Widespread Asia
Aviceda subcristata - Pacific Baza - Widespread Australasia
Aviceda leuphotes - Black Baza - Widespread Asia
Leptodon cayanensis - Grey-headed Kite - EC Mexico to N Argentina
Leptodon forbesi - White-collared Kite - NE Brazil
Chondrohierax uncinatus - Hook-billed Kite - S Texas to N Argentina
Chondrohierax wilsonii - Cuban Kite - E Cuba - Split from C. uncinatus
Henicopernis longicauda - Long-tailed Honey Buzzard - New Guinea
Henicopernis infuscatus - Black Honey Buzzard - New Britain
Pernis apivorus - European Honey Buzzard - W Eurasia - Africa
Pernis ptilorhynchus - Crested Honey Buzzard - E Europe, Widespread Eurasia, Asia Asia
Pernis celebensis - Barred Honey Buzzard - Sulawesi
Pernis steerei - Philippine Honey Buzzard - Philippines - Split from P. celebensis
Lophoictinia isura - Square-tailed Kite - Australia
Hamirostra melanosternon - Black-breasted Buzzard - Australia
Elanoides forficatus - Swallow-tailed Kite - S USA to NE Argentina
Macheiramphus alcinus - Bat Hawk - Widespread Africa, Asia in Africa, Burma to Borneo
Gampsonyx swainsonii - Pearl Kite - N, Amazonia, South America, also W Nicaragua
Elanus caeruleus - Black-winged Kite - Widespread Africa, Asia
Elanus axillaris - Black-shouldered Kite - Australia
Elanus leucurus - White-tailed Kite - S, W USA to C Argentina
Elanus scriptus - Letter-winged Kite - Australia
Chelictinia riocourii - Scissor-tailed Kite - E, C, W Africa
Rostrhamus sociabilis - Snail Kite - S Florida & Caribbean to NE Argentina
Helicolestes hamatus - Slender-billed Kite - E Panama through Amazonia
Harpagus bidentatus - Double-toothed Kite - E Mexico to SE Brazil
Harpagus diodon - Rufous-thighed Kite - E Amazonia, SE South America
Ictinia mississippiensis - Mississippi Kite - SE, C North America - SC South America
Ictinia plumbea - Plumbeous Kite - NE Mexico to N Argentina
Milvus milvus - Red Kite - Europe
Milvus migrans - Black Kite - Widespread Eurasia, Africa, Asia, Australasia - incl M. aegyptius Yellow Billed Kite
Haliastur sphenurus - Whistling Kite - Widespread Australasia
Haliastur indus - Brahminy Kite - Pakistan to N Australia
Haliaeetus leucogaster - White-bellied Sea Eagle - India to Tasmania
Haliaeetus sanfordi - Sanford's Sea Eagle - Solomon Islands - New name
Haliaeetus vocifer - African Fish Eagle - Widespread Africa
Haliaeetus vociferoides - Madagascar Fish Eagle - Madagascar
Haliaeetus leucoryphus - Pallas's Fish Eagle - C, Eurasia, also N India
Haliaeetus albicilla - White-tailed Eagle - Widespread Eurasia
Haliaeetus leucocephalus - Bald Eagle - Widespread North America, also NW Mexico
Haliaeetus pelagicus - Steller's Sea Eagle - NE Eurasia
Icthyophaga humilis - Lesser Fish Eagle - Widespread Asia
Icthyophaga ichthyaetus - Grey-headed Fish Eagle - Widespread Asia
Gypohierax angolensis - Palm-nut Vulture - W, C, SC, SE Africa
Gypaetus barbatus - Bearded Vulture - N, E, S Africa; C, SW Asia
Neophron percnopterus - Egyptian Vulture - W Africa to India, S Spain to C Asia
Necrosyrtes monachus - Hooded Vulture - Widespread Africa
Gyps africanus - White-backed Vulture - Widespread Africa
Gyps bengalensis - White-rumped Vulture - Iran through Southeast Asia
Gyps indicus - Indian Vulture - SE Pakistan, S India
Gyps tenuirostris - Slender-billed Vulture - Himalayas through Southeast Asia
Gyps rueppellii - Rüppell's Vulture - E, C, W Africa
Gyps himalayensis - Himalayan Vulture - Himalayas
Gyps fulvus - Griffon Vulture - N Africa, SW Europe, Africa, Eurasia, also N India
Gyps coprotheres - Cape Vulture - S Africa
Sarcogyps calvus - Red-headed Vulture - Widespread Asia
Trigonoceps occipitalis - White-headed Vulture - Widespread Africa - Was Aegypius
Aegypius monachus - Cinereous Vulture - SW, C Eurasia - N Africa, India, China
Torgos tracheliotus - Lappet-faced Vulture - Widespread Africa, also Arabian Peninsula - Was Aegypius
Circaetus gallicus - Short-toed Snake Eagle - W, C Europe, India - E, C, W Africa
Circaetus beaudouini - Beaudouin's Snake Eagle - C, W Africa
Circaetus pectoralis - Black-chested Snake Eagle - E, SC, S Africa
Circaetus cinereus - Brown Snake Eagle - Widespread Africa
Circaetus fasciolatus - Southern Banded Snake Eagle - S, SE Africa
Circaetus cinerascens - Western Banded Snake Eagle - W, C, E, SC Africa
Terathopius ecaudatus - Bateleur - Widespread Africa
Spilornis cheela - Crested Serpent Eagle - Widespread Asia, including one form on Great Nicobar Is (P Rasmussen)
Spilornis minimus - Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle - C Nicobar Islands - Was Nicobar Serpent Eagle
Spilornis klossi - Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle - Great Nicobar Island - Split from S. minimus
Spilornis kinabaluensis - Mountain Serpent Eagle - Borneo
Spilornis rufipectus - Sulawesi Serpent Eagle - Sulawesi
Spilornis holospilus - Philippine Serpent Eagle - Philippines
Spilornis elgini - Andaman Serpent Eagle - Andaman Islands
Dryotriorchis spectabilis - Congo Serpent Eagle - W, C Africa
Eutriorchis astur - Madagascar Serpent Eagle - Madagascar
Circus aeruginosus - Western Marsh Harrier - W, WC Eurasia - Africa, India
Circus spilonotus - Eastern Marsh Harrier - E Eurasia - E Asia
Circus spilothorax - Papuan Harrier - C, E New Guinea - Split from Eastern Marsh Harrier C. spilonotus
Circus approximans - Swamp Harrier - Widespread Australasia
Circus ranivorus - African Marsh Harrier - E, S Africa
Circus maillardi - Reunion Harrier - La Réunion - Was Malagasy Marsh Harrier
Circus macrosceles - Malagasy Harrier - Madagascar, Comoro Is - Split from C. maillardi
Circus buffoni - Long-winged Harrier - N, EC, SE South America
Circus assimilis - Spotted Harrier - Widespread Australasia
Circus maurus - Black Harrier - S Africa
Circus cyaneus - Northern Harrier - Widespread N America, Eurasia (Hen Harrier) - C America, Asia.
Circus cinereus - Cinereous Harrier - W, S South America
Circus macrourus - Pallid Harrier - C Eurasia - Africa, Asia
Circus melanoleucos - Pied Harrier - E Eurasia - Asia
Circus pygargus - Montagu's Harrier - W, C Eurasia - Africa, India
Polyboroides typus - African Harrier-Hawk - Widespread Africa
Polyboroides radiatus - Madagascar Harrier-Hawk - Madagascar
Melierax metabates - Dark Chanting Goshawk - Widespread Africa
Melierax poliopterus - Eastern Chanting Goshawk - E Africa
Melierax canorus - Pale Chanting Goshawk - S Africa
Micronisus gabar - Gabar Goshawk - Widespread Africa
Accipiter poliogaster - Grey-bellied Hawk - N, C, SE South America
Accipiter trivirgatus - Crested Goshawk - Widespread Asia
Accipiter griseiceps - Sulawesi Goshawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter toussenelii - Red-chested Goshawk - W, WC Africa
Accipiter tachiro - African Goshawk - E, SC, S Africa
Accipiter castanilius - Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk - WC Africa
Accipiter badius - Shikra - Widespread Africa, Asia, also S Europe
Accipiter butleri - Nicobar Sparrowhawk - Nicobar Islands
Accipiter brevipes - Levant Sparrowhawk - SW Eurasia - C Africa
Accipiter soloensis - Chinese Sparrowhawk - E Eurasia - E Asia
Accipiter francesiae - Frances's Sparrowhawk - Madagascar region
Accipiter trinotatus - Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter novaehollandiae - Grey Goshawk - Australia, Tasmania
Accipiter hiogaster - Variable Goshawk - Moluccas to New Guinea and Solomon Is. Australasia - Split from A. novaehollandiae
Accipiter fasciatus - Brown Goshawk - Widespread Australasia
Accipiter melanochlamys - Black-mantled Goshawk - New Guinea
Accipiter albogularis - Pied Goshawk - Solomon Islands
Accipiter haplochrous - White-bellied Goshawk - New Caledonia
Accipiter rufitorques - Fiji Goshawk - Fiji Islands
Accipiter henicogrammus - Moluccan Goshawk - Moluccas
Accipiter luteoschistaceus - Slaty-mantled Goshawk - New Britain
Accipiter imitator - Imitator Goshawk - Solomon Islands
Accipiter poliocephalus - Grey-headed Goshawk - New Guinea
Accipiter princeps - New Britain Goshawk - New Britain
Accipiter superciliosus - Tiny Hawk - Nicaragua to N Argentina
Accipiter collaris - Semicollared Hawk - Venezuela to Peru
Accipiter erythropus - Red-thighed Sparrowhawk - W, WC Africa
Accipiter minullus - Little Sparrowhawk - S, SC, E Africa
Accipiter gularis - Japanese Sparrowhawk - C, E Eurasia - E Asia
Accipiter virgatus - Besra - Widespread Asia
Accipiter nanus - Dwarf Sparrowhawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter erythrauchen - Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk - Moluccas
Accipiter cirrocephalus - Collared Sparrowhawk - Australia, New Guinea
Accipiter brachyurus - New Britain Sparrowhawk - New Britain - New name
Accipiter rhodogaster - Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk - Sulawesi
Accipiter madagascariensis - Madagascar Sparrowhawk - Madagascar
Accipiter ovampensis - Ovambo Sparrowhawk - NE, SC Africa - C, W Africa
Accipiter nisus - Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Widespread Eurasia - Asia, NE Africa
Accipiter rufiventris - Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk - E, SE, S Africa
Accipiter striatus - Sharp-shinned Hawk - Widespread North America, Middle America
Accipiter chionogaster - White-breasted Hawk - S Mexico to Nicaragua - Split from A. striatus
Accipiter ventralis - Plain-breasted Hawk - Venezuela to W Bolivia
Accipiter erythronemius - Rufous-thighed Hawk - SC, SE South America
Accipiter cooperii - Cooper's Hawk - S Canada to Honduras
Accipiter gundlachi - Gundlach's Hawk - Cuba
Accipiter bicolor - Bicolored Hawk - S Mexico to N Argentina
Accipiter chilensis - Chilean Hawk - SW South America - Split from A. bicolor
Accipiter melanoleucus - Black Sparrowhawk - Widespread Africa
Accipiter henstii - Henst's Goshawk - Madagascar
Accipiter gentilis - Northern Goshawk - Widespread North America, Middle America, Eurasia
Accipiter meyerianus - Meyer's Goshawk - New Guinea, New Britain, Solomon Islands
Erythrotriorchis buergersi - Chestnut-shouldered Goshawk - New Guinea
Erythrotriorchis radiatus - Red Goshawk - N, E Australia
Megatriorchis doriae - Doria's Goshawk - New Guinea
Urotriorchis macrourus - Long-tailed Hawk - W, WC Africa
Kaupifalco monogrammicus - Lizard Buzzard - Widespread Africa
Butastur rufipennis - Grasshopper Buzzard - E, C, W Africa
Butastur teesa - White-eyed Buzzard - Pakistan to Burma
Butastur liventer - Rufous-winged Buzzard - Southeast Asia, Java, Asia, also Sulawesi
Butastur indicus - Grey-faced Buzzard - E Eurasia - Southeast Asia
Geranospiza caerulescens - Crane Hawk - Mexico to Uruguay
Leucopternis plumbeus - Plumbeous Hawk - Colombia to Peru
Leucopternis schistaceus - Slate-colored Hawk - Amazonia
Leucopternis princeps - Barred Hawk - Costa Rica to N Ecuador
Leucopternis melanops - Black-faced Hawk - N Amazonia
Leucopternis kuhli - White-browed Hawk - S Amazonia
Leucopternis lacernulatus - White-necked Hawk - E Brazil
Leucopternis semiplumbeus - Semiplumbeous Hawk - Honduras to NW Ecuador
Leucopternis albicollis - White Hawk - S Mexico through Amazonia
Leucopternis occidentalis - Grey-backed Hawk - W Ecuador, NW Peru
Leucopternis polionotus - Mantled Hawk - E Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay
Buteogallus aequinoctialis - Rufous Crab Hawk - N, E coasts
Buteogallus anthracinus - Common Black Hawk - SW USA to NW South America - Buteogallus anthracinus includes Mangrove Black Hawk B. subtilus as ssp
Buteogallus gundlachii - Cuban Black Hawk - Cuba - Buteogallus gundlachii now split from B. anthracinus
Buteogallus urubitinga - Great Black Hawk - Mexico to N Argentina
Buteogallus meridionalis - Savanna Hawk - Panama to N Argentina
Parabuteo unicinctus - Harris's Hawk - SW USA to S Argentina & Chile
Busarellus nigricollis - Black-collared Hawk - C Mexico to N Argentina
Geranoaetus melanoleucus - Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle - Venezuela to S Chile, SE South America
Harpyhaliaetus solitarius - Montane Solitary Eagle - Mexico to W, N South America
Harpyhaliaetus coronatus - Crowned Solitary Eagle - SE, SC South America
Buteo nitidus - Grey Hawk - SW USA to NC Argentina - NB name
Buteo magnirostris - Roadside Hawk - Mexico to NE Argentina
Buteo lineatus - Red-shouldered Hawk - SE, C, North America, also NE Mexico
Buteo ridgwayi - Ridgway's Hawk - Hispaniola
Buteo platypterus - Broad-winged Hawk - E, C North America - Caribbean, Latin America
Buteo leucorrhous - White-rumped Hawk - Venezuela to NW Bolivia, SE South America
Buteo brachyurus - Short-tailed Hawk - E Mexico to N Argentina, Latin America, also S Florida
Buteo albigula - White-throated Hawk - Venezuela to C Chile
Buteo swainsoni - Swainson's Hawk - NW, WC North America, Middle America - SE South America
Buteo albicaudatus - White-tailed Hawk - SW USA to C Argentina
Buteo galapagoensis - Galapagos Hawk - Galápagos Islands
Buteo polyosoma - Variable Hawk - W, Southern Cone - Buteo polyosoma includes B. exsul and B. poecilochrous
Buteo albonotatus - Zone-tailed Hawk - SW USA to Paraguay
Buteo solitarius - Hawaiian Hawk - Hawaiian Islands
Buteo jamaicensis - Red-tailed Hawk - Widespread North America, Middle America
Buteo ventralis - Rufous-tailed Hawk - S South America
Buteo buteo - Common Buzzard - Widespread Eurasia - Africa, Asia
Buteo japonicus - Eastern Buzzard - C, S Siberia, Mongolia, NE China, Japan - Split from B. buteo
Buteo refectus - Himalayan Buzzard - Himalayas - Split from B. buteo
Buteo oreophilus - Mountain Buzzard - E Africa
Buteo trizonatus - Forest Buzzard - S Africa
Buteo brachypterus - Madagascar Buzzard - Madagascar
Buteo rufinus - Long-legged Buzzard - SW, SC Eurasia, Africa - C Africa
Buteo hemilasius - Upland Buzzard - E Eurasia - N Asia
Buteo regalis - Ferruginous Hawk - W, WC North America - N Mexico
Buteo lagopus - Rough-legged Buzzard - Widespread North America, Eurasia - Was Roughleg
Buteo auguralis - Red-necked Buzzard - W, C Africa
Buteo augur - Augur Buzzard - E, SC Africa
Buteo rufofuscus - Jackal Buzzard - S Africa
Morphnus guianensis - Crested Eagle - Guatemala to NE Argentina
Harpia harpyja - Harpy Eagle - S Mexico to NE Argentina
Harpyopsis novaeguineae - Papuan Eagle - New Guinea
Pithecophaga jefferyi - Philippine Eagle - Philippines
Ictinaetus malayensis - Black Eagle - Widespread Asia
Aquila pomarina - Lesser Spotted Eagle - E Europe - Africa - 3 spotted eagles (pomarina, clanga, hastata ) from Aquila to Lophaetus
Aquila hastata - Indian Spotted Eagle - N India
Aquila clanga - Greater Spotted Eagle - NW, C, E Eurasia - SW Asia, NE Africa, Asia
Aquila rapax - Tawny Eagle - Widespread Africa, also India
Aquila nipalensis - Steppe Eagle - C Eurasia - Asia, Arabian Peninsula, Africa
Aquila adalberti - Spanish Imperial Eagle - Spain, Portugal, Eurasia, also Morocco
Aquila heliaca - Eastern Imperial Eagle - SW, C Eurasia - Asia, Arabian Peninsula, NE Africa - Was Asian Imperial Eagle
Aquila gurneyi - Gurney's Eagle - New Guinea, Moluccas
Aquila chrysaetos - Golden Eagle - Widespread North America, Middle America, Eurasia
Aquila audax - Wedge-tailed Eagle - Australia, S New Guinea
Aquila verreauxii - Verreaux's Eagle - C, E, SE, S Africa
Aquila africana - Cassin's Hawk-Eagle - W, WC Africa - Was Spizaetus to Aquila
Aquila fasciata - Bonelli's Eagle - Spain to India to S China, Eurasia, Asia, also N Africa - Was Hieraaetus to Aquila
Aquila spilogaster - African Hawk-Eagle - Widespread Africa - Was Hieraaetus to Aquila
Hieraaetus wahlbergi - Wahlberg's Eagle - Widespread Africa - Was Aquila
Hieraaetus pennatus - Booted Eagle - SW, SC Eurasia - Africa, India
Hieraaetus morphnoides - Little Eagle - Australia
Hieraaetus weiskei - Pygmy Eagle - New Guinea, Halmahera, Seram - Split from H. morphnoides, was New Guinea Hawk-Eagle
Hieraaetus ayresii - Ayres's Hawk-Eagle - Widespread Africa
Lophotriorchis kienerii - Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle - Asia, also Sulawesi - Was Hieraaetus
Polemaetus bellicosus - Martial Eagle - Widespread Africa
Lophaetus occipitalis - Long-crested Eagle - Widespread Africa
Nisaetus - was Spizaetus
Nisaetus cirrhatus - Crested Hawk-Eagle - Himalayas, C, S India & Sri Lanka to Greater Sundas & Philippines - includes limnaeetus as ssp
Nisaetus floris - Flores Hawk-Eagle - Lesser Sundas
Nisaetus nipalensis - Mountain Hawk-Eagle - Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan
Nisaetus kelaarti - Legge's Hawk-Eagle - Sri Lanka, SW India - Split from N. nipalensis
Nisaetus alboniger - Blyth's Hawk-Eagle - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo
Nisaetus bartelsi - Javan Hawk-Eagle - Java
Nisaetus lanceolatus - Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle - Sulawesi
Nisaetus philippensis - Philippine Hawk-Eagle - Luzon, Philippines
Nisaetus pinskeri - Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle - Philippines, except Luzon & Palawan - Split from N. philippensis
Nisaetus nanus - Wallace's Hawk-Eagle - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo
Spizaetus tyrannus - Black Hawk-Eagle - C Mexico to NE Argentina
Spizaetus melanoleucus - Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle - S Mexico to NE Argentina - Spizastur to Spizaetus
Spizaetus ornatus - Ornate Hawk-Eagle - SE Mexico to N Argentina
Spizaetus isidori - Black-and-chestnut Eagle - Venezuela to NW Argentina - Oroaetus to Spizaetus
Stephanoaetus coronatus - Crowned Eagle - W, C, E, SE Africa