Order Falconiformes (FALCONS)

Family Falconidae (FALCONS)

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Caracara plancus CRESTED CARACARA
Falco columbarius MERLIN
Falco mexicanus PRAIRIE FALCON
Falco peregrinus PEREGRINE FALCON
Falco sparverius AMERICAN KESTREL

Order Accipitriformes (HAWKS, EAGLES, VULTURES)

Family Accipitridae
(HAWKS, EAGLES, KITES, HARRIERS, VULTURES)

Accipiter cooperii COOPER'S HAWK
Accipiter gentilis NORTHERN GOSHAWK
Accipiter striatus SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
Aquila chrysaetos GOLDEN EAGLE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus BALD EAGLE
Buteo jamaicensis RED-TAILED HAWK
Buteo lagopus ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Buteo lineatus RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
Buteo plagiatus GRAY HAWK
Buteo platypterus BROAD-WINGED HAWK
Buteo regalis FERRUGINOUS HAWK
Buteo swainsoni SWAINSON'S HAWK
Buteogallus anthracinus COMMON BLACK HAWK
Circus hudsonius NORTHERN HARRIER
Elanoides forficatus SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
Elanus leucurus WHITE-TAILED KITE
Ictinia mississippiensis MISSISSIPPI KITE
Rostrhamus sociabilis SNAIL KITE
Parabuteo unicinctus HARRIS'S HAWK
Chondrohierax uncinatus HOOK BILLED KITE
Aegypius monachus CINEREOUS VULTURE
Gyps fulvous GRIFFON VULTURE
Necrosertes monachus HOODED VULTURE

Family Cathartidae
(NEW WORLD VULTURES)

Cathartes aura TURKEY VULTURE
Coragyps atratus BLACK VULTURE
Vultur gryphus ANDEAN CONDOR

Family Pandionidae (OSPREY)

Family Sagittariidae (SECRETARY BIRD)

Pandion haliaetus OSPREY
Sagittarius serpentarius SECRETARY BIRD

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