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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madagascar Fish EagleIcthyophaga vociferoides (des Murs, 1845) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensis (Temminck, 1822) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis (A. Wilson, 1811) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus (Temminck, 1824) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-browed HawkLeucopternis kuhli Bonaparte, 1850 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Semiplumbeous HawkLeucopternis semiplumbeus Lawrence, 1861 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis (Daudin, 1800) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Square-tailed KiteLophoictinia isura (Gould, 1838) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested GoshawkLophospiza trivirgata (Temminck, 1824) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii (de Sparre, 1835) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus Bonaparte, 1850 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Doria's GoshawkMegatriorchis doriae Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale Chanting GoshawkMelierax canorus (Thunberg, 1799) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates Heuglin, 1861 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterus Cabanis, 1868 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar (Daudin, 1800) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Semicollared HawkMicrospizias collaris (P. L. Sclater, 1860) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-billed KiteMilvus aegyptius (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black KiteMilvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red KiteMilvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blyth's Hawk-EagleNisaetus alboniger Blyth, 1845 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan Hawk-EagleNisaetus bartelsi (Stresemann, 1924) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flores Hawk-EagleNisaetus floris (E. J. O. Hartert, 1898) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Legge's Hawk-EagleNisaetus kelaarti (Legge, 1878) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Hawk-EagleNisaetus lanceolatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wallace's Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanus (Wallace, 1868) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Hawk-EagleNisaetus philippensis (Gould, 1863) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pinsker's Hawk-EagleNisaetus pinskeri (Preleuthner & Gamauf, 1998) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-rumped HawkParabuteo leucorrhous (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus (Temminck, 1824) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barred Honey BuzzardPernis celebensis Wallace, 1868 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Honey BuzzardPernis steerei W. L. Sclater, 1919 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Monkey-eating EaglePithecophaga jefferyi Ogilvie-Grant, 1896 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus (Daudin, 1800) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar Harrier-HawkPolyboroides radiatus (Scopoli, 1786) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus A. Smith, 1829 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantled HawkPseudastur polionotus (Kaup, 1847) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis (Vieillot, 1817) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvus (Scopoli, 1786) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela (Latham, 1790) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andaman Serpent EagleSpilornis elgini (Blyth, 1863) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Serpent EagleSpilornis holospilus (Vigors, 1831) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Serpent EagleSpilornis kinabaluensis W. L. Sclater, 1919 | 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.