THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Accipitridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Swamp HarrierCircus approximans Peale, 1849 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoni (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus Vieillot, 1816 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius (Linnaeus, 1766) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus (S. G. Gmelin, 1770) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malagasy Marsh HarrierCircus maillardi J. Verreaux, 1862 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos (Pennant, 1769) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus (Daudin, 1800) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Papuan HarrierCircus spilothorax Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga (Pallas, 1811) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina (C. L. Brehm, 1831) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-shouldered KiteElanus axillaris (Latham, 1801) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-shouldered KiteElanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus (Vieillot, 1818) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Letter-winged KiteElanus scriptus Gould, 1842 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-shouldered GoshawkErythrotriorchis buergersi (Reichenow, 1914) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red GoshawkErythrotriorchis radiatus (Latham, 1801) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsonii Vigors, 1825 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed HawkGeranoaetus albicaudatus (Vieillot, 1816) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Variable HawkGeranoaetus polyosoma (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-backed VultureGyps africanus Salvadori, 1865 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape VultureGyps coprotheres (J. R. Forster, 1798) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Griffon VultureGyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis Hume, 1869 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian VultureGyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli (A. E. Brehm, 1852) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slender-billed VultureGyps tenuirostris G. R. Gray, 1844 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pallas's Fish EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Steller's Sea EagleHaliaeetus pelagicus (Pallas, 1811) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus (Boddaert, 1783) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-breasted BuzzardHamirostra melanosternon (Gould, 1841) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-thighed KiteHarpagus diodon (Temminck, 1823) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slender-billed KiteHelicolestes hamatus (Temminck, 1821) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Honey BuzzardHenicopernis infuscatus J. H. Gurney Sr, 1882 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed Honey BuzzardHenicopernis longicauda (R. P. Lesson & Garnot, 1828) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoides (Gould, 1841) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi (Sundevall, 1850) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy EagleHieraaetus weiskei (Reichenow, 1900) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Fish EagleIcthyophaga humilis (S. Müller & Schlegel, 1841) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Sea EagleIcthyophaga leucogaster (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer (Daudin, 1800) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.