Typical Hawks and Harriers
Accipitrinae
The Accipitrinae are the subfamily of the Accipitridae often known as the "true" hawks. The subfamily contains 73 species that are divided into 11 genera. It includes the genus Accipiter which formerly included many more species. The large genus was found to be non-monophyletic and was split into several new or resurrected genera. The birds in this subfamily are primarily woodland birds that hunt by sudden dashes from a concealed perch, with long tails, broad wings...
11 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 69 known species
Harriers
genusCircus
True Goshawks and Allies
genusAstur
True Accipiters
genusAccipiter
Paleotropical and Australasian Accipiters
genusTachyspiza
Chanting-Goshawks
genusMelierax
Lizard Buzzards
genusKaupifalco
Gabar Goshawks
genusMicronisus
African Goshawks and Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawks
genusAerospiza
Red and Chestnut-shouldered Goshawks
genusErythrotriorchis
Long-tailed Hawks
genusUrotriorchis
Doria's Hawks
genusMegatriorchis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1541538.