Accipitridae

Haliaeetus leucocephalus Photo by Tom Michalski (Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology) Common name:bald eagle (en); águia-de-cabeça-branca (pt); pygargue à tête blanche (fr); pigargo americano (es); weißkopfseeadler (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This North American species is found breeding across most of Canada, patchily in the western United States, in the north-eastern United States and along the Atlantic…

Buteo galapagoensis Photo by Mark Putney (Wikipedia) Common name:Galapgos hawk (en); bútio-das-Galápagos (pt); buse des Galapagos (fr); ratonero de las Galápagos (es); Galapagosbussard (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is endemic to the Galapagos islands of Ecuador, being found in the islands of Santiago, Española, Isabela, Fernandina, Pinta, Marchena, Pinzón and Santa Fe.Size:These large hawks are 55…

Pernis apivorus Photo by Ulf Gotthardsson (Flickr) Common name:European honey-buzzard (en); bútio-vespeiro (pt); bondrée apivore (fr); abejero europeo (es); wespenbussard (de) Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily Accipitridae Range:This species is found breeding in Europe and western Asia, from the Iberian Peninsula to south-eastern England and eastern Scandinavia, though western Russia and the Caucasus to south-western Siberia and south…

Leucopternis occidentalis Photo by Dusan Brinkhuizen (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:grey-backed hawk (en); gavião-de-dorso-cinzento (pt); buse à dos gris (fr); busardo dorsigrís (es); graurückenbussard (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is only found in western Ecuador and adjacent parts of north-western Peru, having a very fragmented range.Size:These birds are 45-48 cm long.Habitat:The grey-backed hawk is found in…

Terathopius ecaudatus (Photo from Lee’s Birdwatching Adventures) Common name:bateleur (en); águia-bailarina (pt); bateleur des savanes (fr); águila volatinera (es); gaukler (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal and southern Mauritania to Sudan and Ethiopia and south to northern Namibia and northern South Africa. They are also found along the Red Sea…

Circaetus gallicus Photo by Denis Haltebourg (Nunda Foto) Common name:short-toed snake-eagle (en); águia-cobreira (pt); circaète Jean-le-Blanc (fr); águila culebrera (es); schlangenadler (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is found  breeding from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco in the west, through southern and central Europe as far north as the Baltic and through Turkey and southern Russia, into the…