GYPAETINAE - Tribe PERNINI
LEPTODON Sundevall, 1836 M - Falco cayennensis J.F. Gmelin, 1789; type by monotypy = Falco cayanensis Latham, 1790
Leptodon cayanensis Gray-headed Kite
cayanensis (Latham, 1790) vC Mexico (S Veracruz and E Oaxaca) to W Ecuador, Amazonia, the Guianas and Trinidad
monachus (Vieillot, 1817)9 iC Brazil to E Bolivia, Paraguay and N Argentina Leptodon forbesi 10 (Swann, 1922) White-collared Kite iNE Brazil (E Pernambuco, E Alagoas)
CHONDROHIERAX Lesson, 1843 M - Daedalion erythrofrons Lesson, 1843; type by monotypy = Falco uncinatus Temminck, 1822
Chondrohierax uncinatus Hook-billed Kite
1 uncinatus (Temminck, 1822)11 vW Mexico (Sinaloa) and S USA (S Texas) to NW Peru, N Argentina and SE Brazil; Trinidad 1 mirus Friedmann, 1934 vGrenada (Lesser Antilles)
2 wilsonii (Cassin, 1847)12 iE Cuba ELANOIDES Vieillot, 1818 M - Milan de la Caroline Brisson; type by monotypy = Falco forficatus Linnaeus, 1758
Elanoides forficatus Swallow-tailed Kite
forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) vCoastal SE USA (South Carolina to SE Texas) >> South America
yetapa (Vieillot, 1818) iSE Mexico (E Chiapas) to NW Peru, N Argentina and SE Brazil
PERNIS Cuvier, 1816 M - Falco apivorus Linnaeus, 1758; type by monotypy 13 Pernis apivorus 14 (Linnaeus, 1758) European Honey Buzzard vEurope, N Asia >> Africa
Pernis ptilorhynchus Oriental Honey Buzzard
orientalis Taczanowski, 1891 vC to E Siberia, Japan, NE China >> S China, SE Asia to Greater Sundas, Philippines, Sangir Is., Lesser Sundas
ruficollis Lesson, 1830 vIndia, Sri Lanka, SW China, continental SE Asia (except SW)
torquatus Lesson, 1830 vExtreme SW continental SE Asia, Thai-Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo
ptilorhynchus (Temminck, 1821)15 δJava palawanensis Stresemann, 1940 vPalawan (Philippines)
philippensis Mayr, 1939 vPhilippines (except Palawan)
Pernis celebensis Wallace, 1868 Barred Honey Buzzard
vSulawesi and satellites
Pernis steerei16 Philippine Honey Buzzard winkleri Gamauf & Preleuthner, 1998 Luzon (Philippines) [Gamauf, 1998 #1648]
steerei W.L. Sclater, 1919 Philippines (main islands except Luzon and Palawan)
HAMIROSTRA T. Brown, 1846 F - Hamirostra montana T. Brown, 1846; type by monotypy = Buteo melanosternon Gould, 1841
Hamirostra melanosternon (Gould, 1841) Black-breasted Buzzard
iN and C Australia
LOPHOICTINIA Kaup, 1847 F - Milvus isurus Gould, 1838; type by monotypy
Lophoictinia isura (Gould, 1838) Square-tailed Kite
vAustralia
HENICOPERNIS G.R. Gray, 1859 M - Falco longicauda Lesson & Garnot, 1828; type by monotypy 17 Henicopernis longicauda 18,19 (Lesson & Garnot, 1828) Long-tailed Honey Buzzard iLowland to lower montane New Guinea and satellite islands, including Aru Is.
Henicopernis infuscatus J.H. Gurney Sr., 1882 Black Honey Buzzard
vNew Britain
AVICEDA Swainson, 1836 F - Aviceda cuculoides Swainson, 1837; type by subsequent monotypy (Swainson, 1837, Natural History and Classification of Birds, 2, p. 214). 20 Aviceda cuculoides African Cuckoo Hawk
cuculoides Swainson, 1837 iGambia to N Nigeria, N DR Congo and W Ethiopia
batesi (Swann, 1920) iGuinea to Cameroon and lower Congo basin
verreauxii Lafresnaye, 184621,22 δiC DR Congo to S Kenya south to Angola, Zimbabwe and E South Africa Aviceda madagascariensis 23 (A. Smith, 1834) Madagascar Cuckoo Hawk vMadagascar
Aviceda jerdoni Jerdon's Baza
jerdoni (Blyth, 1842) iFoothills of E Himalayas (west to E Nepal), NE India, mainland SE Asia, Sumatra >> Thai-Malay Pen.
ceylonensis (Legge, 1876) vSW India, Sri Lanka
borneensis (Brüggemann, 1876) vBorneo
magnirostris (Kaup, 1847) vPhilippines
celebensis (Schlegel, 1873) vSulawesi, Banggai Is., Sula Is.
Aviceda subcristata Pacific Baza
timorlaoensis (A.B. Meyer, 1893) αvIslands in Flores Sea, Lesser Sundas (east to Tanimbar Is.)
rufa (Schlegel, 1866) vN Moluccas
stresemanni (Siebers, 1930) iBuru (S Moluccas)
reinwardtii (Schlegel & S. Müller, 1841) iSeram and satellites (S Moluccas)
pallida (Stresemann, 1913) vGorong Is., Kai Is. (S Moluccas)
waigeuensis Mayr, 1940 vWaigeo (Western Papuan Is.)
obscura Junge, 1956 vBiak I. (in Cenderawasih Bay)
stenozona (G.R. Gray, 1858) vMisool, lowland NW to SC New Guinea, Aru Is.
megala (Stresemann, 1913) vLowland N to SE New Guinea, Yapen I., D'Entrecasteaux Arch.
coultasi Mayr, 1945 iAdmiralty Is. (Bismarck Arch.)
bismarckii (Sharpe, 1888) iE Bismarck Arch.
gurneyi (E.P. Ramsay, 1882)24 iSolomons (all larger islands) subcristata (Gould, 1838)25 vN and E Australia Aviceda leuphotes 26 (C. Dumont, 1820) Black Baza Himalayas (east from Uttarakhand) to S China (including Hainan), W and N continental SE Asia >> SW India, Sri Lanka, Thai-Malay Pen., Sumatra and Java
EUTRIORCHIS Sharpe, 1875 M - Eutriorchis astur Sharpe, 1875; type by original designation and monotypy 27 Eutriorchis astur Sharpe, 1875 Madagascar Serpent Eagle
iE Madagascar
GYPAETINAE - Tribe GYPAETINI
POLYBOROIDES A. Smith, 1829 M - Polyboroides typus A. Smith, 1829; type by monotypy
Polyboroides typus African Harrier Hawk
typus A. Smith, 1829 iC Sudan to Ethiopia, E and S Africa
pectoralis Sharpe, 1903 vGambia to W Sudan south to Congo basin
Polyboroides radiatus 28 (Scopoli, 1786) Madagascar Harrier Hawk vMadagascar
GYPOHIERAX Rüppell, 1836 M - Falco angolensis J.F. Gmelin, 1788; type by original designation and monotypy
Gypohierax angolensis (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) Palm-nut Vulture
vGambia to South Sudan and Kenya, south to South Africa
GYPAETUS Storr, 1784 M - Gypaetus grandis Storr, 1784; type by monotypy = Vultur aureus Hablizl, 1783
Gypaetus barbatus Bearded Vulture/Lammergeier
aureus (Hablizl, 1783) vS Europe; Pamir Mts., Tien Shan Mts., and Altai Mts. to Tibetan Plateau; SW Asia to W Pakistan, W and C Himalayas (N Pakistan to Nepal)
hemachalanus T. Hutton, 183829,30 δvTibetan Plateau east to C China, including the E Pamir Mts., Tien Shan Mts., Dzhungarian Alatau Mts., Russian and Mongolian Altai Mts., south to the Himalayas barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) vNW Africa
meridionalis Keyserling & J.H. Blasius, 1840 vYemen, NE and E Africa, Lesotho and E South Africa
NEOPHRON Savigny, 1809 M - Vultur percnopterus Linnaeus, 1758; type by monotypy
Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture
percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758)31 iAfrica, S Europe to C Asia and NW India majorensis Donázar et al., 2002 vCanary Is. [Donázar, 2002 #4374]
ginginianus (Latham, 1790) vNepal to West Bengal, south to S India
ACCIPITRINAE - Tribe CIRCAETINI
SPILORNIS G.R. Gray, 1840 M - Falco bacha Shaw; type by original designation = Falco bassus J.R. Forster, 1798 32 Spilornis cheela Crested Serpent Eagle
cheela (Latham, 1790) iNepal, N India
melanotis (Jerdon, 1841) αvS India
spilogaster (Blyth, 1852) iSri Lanka
burmanicus Swann, 1920 vContinental SE Asia (except NE?)
ricketti W.L. Sclater, 191933 iSC and SE China, N Vietnam malayensis Swann, 1920 vThai-Malay Pen., N Sumatra
davisoni Hume, 1873 iAndamans
minimus Hume, 187334 vC Nicobars perplexus Swann, 1922 vYaeyama Is., Miyako Is. (Japan)
hoya Swinhoe, 1866 iTaiwan
rutherfordi Swinhoe, 1870 iHainan
pallidus Walden, 1872 vN Borneo
richmondi Swann, 192235 iS Borneo natunensis Chasen, 1935 αvN Natuna Is. (Indonesia); Belitung I. (off SE Sumatra)
sipora Chasen & Kloss, 1926 iMentawai Is. (off W Sumatra)
batu Meyer de Schauensee & Ripley, 1940 αiBatu Is. (off W Sumatra), S Sumatra
asturinus A.B. Meyer, 1884 vNias I. (off W Sumatra)
abbotti Richmond, 1903 iSimeulue I. (off W Sumatra)
bido (Horsfield, 1821) iJava, Bali
baweanus Oberholser, 1917 vBawean I. (Java Sea)
palawanensis W.L. Sclater, 1919 vCalamian Group, Palawan, Balabac (Philippines)
holospilus (Vigors, 1831)36 vPhilippines (except Calamian Group, Palawan and Balabac) Spilornis klossi 37 Richmond, 1902 Nicobar Serpent Eagle iGreat Nicobar (Nicobars)
Spilornis kinabaluensis W.L. Sclater, 1919 Kinabalu Serpent Eagle
vMountains of Borneo
Spilornis rufipectus Sulawesi Serpent Eagle
rufipectus Gould, 1858 iSulawesi and satellites (except range of sulaensis)
sulaensis (Schlegel, 1866) vBanggai Is., Sula Is.
Spilornis elgini 38 (Blyth, 1863) Andaman Serpent Eagle iAndamans
DRYOTRIORCHIS Shelley, 1874 M - Astur spectabilis Schlegel, 1863; type by original designation and monotypy
Dryotriorchis spectabilis Congo Serpent Eagle
spectabilis (Schlegel, 1863) vSierra Leone to E Ghana; S Nigeria and N Cameroon
batesi Sharpe, 1904 iGabon to N Angola and C DR Congo
TERATHOPIUS Lesson, 1830 M - Falco ecaudatus Shaw; type by monotypy = Falco ecaudatus Daudin, 1800
Terathopius ecaudatus (Daudin, 1800) Bateleur
vSenegal to Eritrea, south to Botswana and NE South Africa
PITHECOPHAGA Ogilvie-Grant, 1896 F - Pithecophaga jefferyi Ogilvie-Grant, 1896; type by monotypy
Pithecophaga jefferyi Ogilvie-Grant, 1896 Philippine Eagle
iLuzon, Samar, Mindanao (Philippines)
CIRCAETUS Vieillot, 1816 M - Le Jean-le-Blanc Buffon; type by monotypy = Falco gallicus J.F. Gmelin, 1788
Circaetus gallicus 39,40 (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) Short-toed Eagle v(a) N Africa, C and S Europe to NW China, Mongolia and S Asia >> Africa, S Asia, mainland SE Asia, Sumatra, Java; (b) W and C Lesser Sundas (east to Timor)
Circaetus beaudouini 41 J. Verreaux & Des Murs, 1862 Beaudouin's Snake Eagle iSenegal to South Sudan
Circaetus pectoralis A. Smith, 1829 Black-chested Snake Eagle
vE and S Africa
Circaetus cinereus Vieillot, 1818 Brown Snake Eagle
vN tropical and E Africa to N Namibia, Botswana and N and E South Africa
Circaetus fasciolatus 42 Kaup, 1847 Southern Banded Snake Eagleα vE Kenya to E South Africa (N KwaZulu-Natal)
Circaetus cinerascens J.W. von Müller, 1851 Western Banded Snake Eagle
iGuinea to W Ethiopia, south to Angola, N Botswana and N Zimbabwe
ACCIPITRINAE - Tribe GYPINI
SARCOGYPS Lesson, 1842 M - Vultur ponticerianus Latham, 1790; type by monotypy = Vultur calvus Scopoli, 1786 43 Sarcogyps calvus (Scopoli, 1786) Red-headed Vulture
vS Asia, continental SE Asia, (formerly) N and C Thai-Malay Pen.
TRIGONOCEPS Lesson, 1842 M - Vultur occipitalis Burchell, 1824; type by monotypy
Trigonoceps occipitalis (Burchell, 1824) White-headed Vulture
vN tropical and E Africa south to N Namibia, Botswana and lowland NE South Africa
NECROSYRTES Gloger, 1841 M - Cathartes monachus Temminck, 1823; type by monotypy
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture
pileatus (Burchell, 1824)44 vEthiopia south to South Africa monachus (Temminck, 1823) W Africa to W Sudan and N Uganda
GYPS Savigny, 1809 M - Gyps vulgaris Savigny, 1809; type by monotypy = Vultur fulvus Hablizl, 1783 45 Gyps himalayensis Hume, 1869 Himalayan Vulture
vC Asia and Himalayas (east from N Pakistan) >> NW India, W continental SE Asia, Thai-Malay Pen.
Gyps bengalensis 46 (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) White-rumped Vulture vSE Iran, S Asia, SW China, Myanmar and SE continental SE Asia; formerly mainland SE Asia to C Thai-Malay Pen.
Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865 White-backed Vulture
vSenegal to Ethiopia and E Africa, south to C Namibia and N South Africa.
Gyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786) Indian Vulture
vSE Pakistan, NW, C and SW India
Gyps tenuirostris 47 G.R. Gray, 1844 Slender-billed Vulture vHimalayan foothills and adjacent plains (east from Kashmir), N and E Myanmar, S Laos, Cambodia
Gyps coprotheres (J.R. Forster, 1798) Cape Vulture
iNamibia, E Botswana, S Zimbabwe and South Africa
Gyps rueppelli Rüppell's Vulture
rueppelli (A.E. Brehm, 1852)48 δiSenegal to Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and N Tanzania erlangeri Salvadori, 1908 iEthiopia, Eritrea, Somalia
Gyps fulvus Griffon Vulture
fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) vS Europe, N and NE Africa to C Asia
fulvescens Hume, 1869 iAfghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir >> Nepal and NW India to Assam
AEGYPIUS Savigny, 1809 M - Vultur niger Daudin, 1800; type by monotypy = Vultur monachus Linnaeus, 1766
Aegypius monachus (Linnaeus, 1766) Cinereous Vulture
iS Europe to SW and C Asia, Pakistan and NW India >> N Africa, China and (rarely) mainland SE Asia to Thai-Malay Pen.
TORGOS Kaup, 1828 M - Vultur auricularis Daudin, 1800; type by monotypy = Vultur tracheliotos J.R. Forster, 1796 49 Torgos tracheliotos Lappet-faced Vulture
negevensis Bruun, Mendelssohn & Bull, 1981 vS Israel to Arabian Pen. [Bruun, 1981 #562]
tracheliotos (J.R. Forster, 1796)50,51 αvE Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia south to Namibia and N South Africa ACCIPITRINAE - Tribe ACCIPITRINI
MACHEIRAMPHUS Bonaparte, 1850 M - Macheiramphus alcinus Bonaparte, 1850; type by monotypy 52,53 Macheiramphus alcinus Bat Hawk
anderssoni (J.H. Gurney Sr., 1866) iGambia to Somalia and NE South Africa; Madagascar
alcinus Bonaparte, 1850 vThai-Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi (?) [Bonaparte, 1850 #408]
papuanus Mayr, 1940 vLowland to lower montane SC to SE New Guinea
HARPYOPSIS Salvadori, 1875 F - Harpyopsis novaeguineae Salvadori, 1875; type by monotypy
Harpyopsis novaeguineae Salvadori, 1875 Papuan Eagle
iLowland to montane mainland New Guinea
MORPHNUS C. Dumont, 1816 M - Falco guianensis Daudin, 1800; type by subsequent designation (Chubb, 1916, Birds Brit. Guiana, 1, p. 252).
Morphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800) Crested Eagle
vN Guatemala and S Belize to Panama and locally in South America to NW Ecuador, Paraguay, NE Argentina and SE Brazil
HARPIA Vieillot, 1816 F - Vultur harpyja Linnaeus, 1758; type by monotypy and virtual tautonymy
Harpia harpyja (Linnaeus, 1758) Harpy Eagle
iS Mexico to Panama and locally in South America to Paraguay, NE Argentina and SE Brazil
STEPHANOAETUS W.L. Sclater, 1922 M - Falco coronatus Linnaeus, 1766; type by original designation 54 Stephanoaetus coronatus (Linnaeus, 1766) Crowned Eagle
vE South Sudan to W Ethiopia; Guinea to DR Congo and S Kenya, south to Zimbabwe and E and S South Africa
NISAETUS Hodgson, 1836 M - Nisaetus nipalensis Hodgson, 1836; type by original designation 55 Nisaetus nipalensis56 Mountain Hawk Eagle nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 vHimalayan foothills, S China, Taiwan, mainland SE Asia to C Thai-Malay Pen.
kelaarti (Legge, 1878)57 iSW India, Sri Lanka orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) vJapan >> NE China
Nisaetus bartelsi (Stresemann, 1924) Javan Hawk Eagle
Java
Nisaetus nanus Wallace's Hawk Eagle
nanus (Wallace, 1868) iS Tenasserim to Thai-Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo
stresemanni (Amadon, 1953) iNias I. (off W Sumatra)
Nisaetus alboniger Blyth, 1845 Blyth's Hawk Eagle
vThai-Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo
Nisaetus lanceolatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Sulawesi Hawk Eagle
vSulawesi, Banggai Is., Sula Is.
Nisaetus philippensis (Gould, 1863) Luzon Hawk Eagle
vLuzon (Philippines)
Nisaetus pinskeri (Preleuthner & Gamauf, 1998) Visayan Hawk Eagle
Basilan, Leyte, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Samar, Siquijor (Philippines) [Preleuthner, 1998 #3126]
Nisaetus cirrhatus Changeable Hawk Eagle
limnaeetus (Horsfield, 1821)58 iHimalayan foothills (east from Uttarakhand), NE India, mainland SE Asia, Greater Sundas, Philippines cirrhatus (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) vIndia north to Ganges Plain
ceylanensis (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) vSri Lanka
andamanensis (Tytler, 1865) vCoco Is. (off Myanmar), Andamans
vanheurni (Junge, 1936) iSimeulue I. (off W Sumatra)
floris (E. Hartert, 1898)59 iSumbawa to Palu and Flores (Lesser Sundas) LOPHOTRIORCHIS Sharpe, 1874 M - Astur kienerii de Sparre, 1835; type by subsequent designation (Blanford, 1895, Fauna British India, Birds, ed. 1, 3, p. 345).
60 Lophotriorchis kienerii Rufous-bellied Eagle
kienerii (de Sparre, 1835)61 iHimalayan foothills (east from Uttarakhand), NE and SE India, Sri Lanka formosus (Stresemann, 1924) vHainan, mainland SE Asia, Greater Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa and Flores)
POLEMAETUS F. Heine, Jr., 1890 M - Falco bellicosus Daudin, 1800; type by monotypy 62 Polemaetus bellicosus (Daudin, 1800) Martial Eagle
vSenegal to Ethiopia, E and S Africa
SPIZAETUS Vieillot, 1816 M - Falco ornatus Daudin, 1800; type by subsequent designation (G.R. Gray, 1840, A List of the Genera of Birds, p. 2). 63 Spizaetus tyrannus Black Hawk Eagle
serus Friedmann, 1950 vC Mexico to Colombia, east to the Guianas and Trinidad, south through Amazonia to N and E Bolivia; W Ecuador and NW Peru
tyrannus (zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820) iE Brazil, NE Argentina and E Paraguay
Spizaetus melanoleucus 64 (Vieillot, 1816) Black-and-white Hawk Eagle vE and S Mexico (Tamaulipas and Oaxaca) to NW Ecuador, N Argentina, C and SE Brazil
Spizaetus ornatus Ornate Hawk Eagle
vicarius Friedmann, 1935 vC Mexico (S Tamaulipas and Jalisco) to N and W Colombia, W Ecuador and NW Peru (Tumbes)
ornatus (Daudin, 1800) vE Colombia to the Guianas and Trinidad, south to N Argentina, C and SE Brazil
Spizaetus isidori 65 (Des Murs, 1845) Black-and-chestnut Eagle Coastal Range of Venezuela; Sierra de Perijá; Santa Marta Mts.; Andean slopes from Venezuela to NW Argentina
ICTINAETUS Blyth, 1843 M - Ictinaëtus ovivorus Hodgson; type by monotypy = Aquila pernigra Hodgson, 1836
Ictinaetus malaiensis Black Eagle
perniger (Hodgson, 1836) vS Asia, W and N Myanmar
malaiensis (Temminck, 1822)66 δvSE China to Taiwan, mainland SE Asia (except NW), Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and satellites, Moluccas LOPHAETUS Kaup, 1847 M - Falco occipitalis Daudin, 1800; type by monotypy
Lophaetus occipitalis (Daudin, 1800) Long-crested Eagle
vSenegal to Ethiopia south to Angola, N Botswana and E South Africa
CLANGA Adamowicz, 1858 F - Falco maculatus J.F. Gmelin, 1788; type by tautonymy = Aquila clanga Pallas, 1811 67,68 Clanga pomarina (C.L. Brehm, 1831) Lesser Spotted Eagle
vC Europe to Ukraine, Caucasus area and N Iran >> SW Asia and E and S Africa
Clanga hastata 69 (Lesson, 1831) Indian Spotted Eagleα vN India, Nepal, Bangladesh, SW and S Myanmar, Cambodia
Clanga clanga (Pallas, 1811) Greater Spotted Eagle
C Europe to Russian Far East, N China >> S Europe, NE Africa, SW and S Asia, S China, mainland SE Asia, Sumatra
AQUILA Brisson, 1760 F - Aquila Brisson; type by tautonymy = Falco chrysaetos Linnaeus, 1758
Aquila rapax Tawny Eagle
vindhiana Franklin, 1831 vPakistan, S Nepal, India
belisarius (J.J.R. Levaillant, 1850) iMorocco to Nigeria and Ethiopia; SW Saudi Arabia, W Yemen
rapax (Temminck, 1828) iAngola, Uganda and Kenya to South Africa
Aquila nipalensis70,71 Steppe Eagle orientalis Cabanis, 1854 vE Europe to C Kazakhstan >> SW Asia, Middle East and E Africa
nipalensis Hodgson, 1833 vE Kazakhstan to Mongolia and N China >> SW and S Asia, W continental SE Asia, Thai-Malay Pen.
Aquila adalberti 72 C.L. Brehm, 1861 Spanish Imperial Eagle iIberia
Aquila heliaca Savigny, 1809 Eastern Imperial Eagle
vSE Europe to C Siberia >> NE Africa, S Asia, S China, mainland SE Asia
Aquila gurneyi G.R. Gray, 1861 Gurney's Eagleα
iMoluccas, lowland New Guinea and satellite islands
Aquila chrysaetos Golden Eagle
chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758) iEurope (except Iberia), NW and NC Asia east to R. Yenisey
kamtschatica Severtsov, 188873 vNE Asia (R. Yenisey and Mongolia to Kamchatka and NE China) japonica Severtsov, 1888 vKorea, Japan
daphanea Severtsov, 1888 vMountains of C Asia from Pamir Mts. to SW and C China, south to W and C Himalayas (N Pakistan to Bhutan)
homeyeri Severtsov, 188874 iIberia, N Africa, Middle East and Arabian Pen. to Caucasus area, Iran and E Uzbekistan; Ethiopia canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) vAlaska, Canada, W USA and NW Mexico (south to San Luis Potosí)
Aquila audax Wedge-tailed Eagle
audax (Latham, 1801) αiS New Guinea, Australia
fleayi Condon & Amadon, 1954 iTasmania
Aquila verreauxii Lesson, 1831 Verreaux's Eagleα
iW Sudan, Ethiopia to SW Angola, Namibia and South Africa; Israel, Arabian Pen.
Aquila fasciata75 Bonelli's Eagle fasciata Vieillot, 1822 vN Africa, S Europe, SW, C and S Asia, C and S China, N continental SE Asia
renschi (Stresemann, 1932) iSumbawa to Tanimbar Is. (Lesser Sundas)
Aquila spilogaster (Bonaparte, 1850) African Hawk Eagle
Senegal to Ethiopia, E Africa to Angola, C Namibia and NE South Africa
Aquila africana (Cassin, 1865) Cassin's Hawk Eagle
vGuinea to DR Congo and W Uganda
HIERAAETUS Kaup, 1844 M - Falco pennatus J.F. Gmelin, 1788; type by original designation 76 Hieraaetus wahlbergi (Sundevall, 1850) Wahlberg's Eagleα
iGambia to Eritrea south to NE and E South Africa
Hieraaetus pennatus 77 (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) Booted Eagle v(a) N Africa and S Europe to C and northern S Asia >> W mainland SE Asia to Thai-Malay Pen., Bali; (b) S Africa >> S and E Africa
Hieraaetus weiskei 78 (Reichenow, 1900) Pygmy Eagle Montane Papua New Guinea
Hieraaetus morphnoides (Gould, 1841) Little Eagle
Australia
Hieraaetus ayresii 79 (J.H. Gurney Sr., 1862) Ayres's Eagle iEthiopia; Sierra Leone to Uganda and Kenya, south to N Angola, E Botswana and NE South Africa
KAUPIFALCO Bonaparte, 1854 M - Falco monogrammicus Temminck, 1824; type by monotypy 80 Kaupifalco monogrammicus 81 (Temminck, 1824) Lizard Buzzard vSenegal to W Ethiopia and south to Angola and NE and E South Africa
MELIERAX G.R. Gray, 1840 M - Falco musicus Daudin, 1800; type by original designation = Falco canorus Thunberg, 1799
Melierax metabates Dark Chanting Goshawk
theresae R. Meinertzhagen, 1939 iSW Morocco
ignoscens Friedmann, 1928 iYemen
metabates von Heuglin, 186182 iSenegal to Sudan and Eritrea, south to Nigeria, Kenya and N Tanzania mechowi Cabanis, 1882 iS Tanzania to N Namibia and NE South Africa
Melierax canorus Pale Chanting Goshawk
argentior Clancey, 196083 vSW Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa (N of Orange River) canorus (Thunberg, 1799)84 vW and S South Africa (S of Orange River) Melierax poliopterus 85 Cabanis, 1868 Eastern Chanting Goshawkα vEthiopia and Somalia to N Tanzania
MICRONISUS G.R. Gray, 1840 M - Type by original designation M.(icronisus) gabar (Shaw) = Falco gabar Daudin, 180086 Micronisus gabar87 Gabar Goshawk niger (Vieillot, 1823)88 vSenegal and N Nigeria to Eritrea and S Yemen [Vieillot, 1823 #5581] aequatorius Clancey, 1987 vEthiopia to N Zambia [Clancey, 1987 #935]
gabar (Daudin, 1800) iAngola and Malawi to South Africa
HARPAGUS Vigors, 1824 M - Falco bidentatus Latham, 1790; type by subsequent designation (G.R. Gray, 1840, A List of the Genera of Birds, p. 4).
Harpagus bidentatus Double-toothed Kite
fasciatus Lawrence, 1869 αvS Mexico (Jalisco and S Veracruz) to W Colombia and W Ecuador (south to W Chimborazo)
bidentatus (Latham, 1790) vSouth America (east of the Andes) south to SE Bolivia and SE Brazil; Trinidad
Harpagus diodon (Temminck, 1823) Rufous-thighed Kite
iThe Guianas, E and C Brazil (east of R. Branco and R. Purus) south to SE Bolivia, Paraguay and N Argentina
CIRCUS Lacépède, 1799 M - Falco aeruginosus Linnaeus, 1758; type by subsequent designation (Lesson, 1828, Manuel d'Ornithologie, 1, p. 105). 89 Circus aeruginosus90 Western Marsh Harrier aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) vEurope to SW and C Asia >> S Europe, Africa, S Asia, W continental SE Asia, Thai-Malay Pen.
harterti von Zedlitz, 1914 iNW Africa
Circus spilonotus Eastern Marsh Harrier
spilonotus Kaup, 1847 C to SE Siberia, N Japan >> mainland SE Asia, Greater Sundas, Philippines
spilothorax Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1876 αiNew Guinea (except Vogelkop)
Circus approximans 91 Peale, 1848 Swamp Harrier/Pacific Harrier iNE to S Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Chatham Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Loyalty Is., Fiji, Tonga >> S New Guinea, N Australia, islands in Tasman Sea, Kermadec Is.92 Circus ranivorus (Daudin, 1800) African Marsh Harrier
vSouth Sudan and Kenya to South Africa
Circus maillardi 93 J. Verreaux, 1862 Réunion Harrier Réunion
Circus macrosceles 94 A. Newton, 1863 Madagascar Harrier Comoros, Madagascar
Circus buffoni (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) Long-winged Harrier
iSW Colombia to the Guianas, Trinidad and NE Brazil, south to E Bolivia, EC Argentina and Uruguay; C Chile
Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828 Spotted Harrier
vSulawesi and satellites, Lesser Sundas (Sumba, Timor), inland Australia
Circus maurus (Temminck, 1828) Black Harrier
vSouth Africa (except NE) to S and NW Namibia
Circus cyaneus95 Hen Harrier/Northern Harrier cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) vN Eurasia south to C Asia, extreme NW and extreme NE China >> N Africa, SW and north S Asia, continental SE Asia, rarely Thai-Malay Pen. and NW Borneo
hudsonius (Linnaeus, 1766)96 vNorth America and N Central America >> south to N South America and West Indies Circus cinereus Vieillot, 1816 Cinereous Harrier
vAndes from Colombia to Tierra del Fuego into lowlands of Paraguay, SE Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina
Circus macrourus (S.G. Gmelin, 1770) Pallid Harrier
vE Europe and C Asia >> Africa, SW and S Asia, Myanmar
Circus melanoleucos (Pennant, 1769) Pied Harrier
iSE Siberia, Korea, NE China >> S Asia, S China, mainland SE Asia, Borneo, Philippines
Circus pygargus (Linnaeus, 1758) Montagu's Harrier
iW Europe and NW Africa to Kazakhstan, Altai Mts. and NW Mongolia >> sub-Saharan Africa and S Asia
ACCIPITER Brisson, 1760 M - Accipiter Brisson; type by tautonymy = Falco nisus Linnaeus, 1758
Accipiter poliogaster (Temminck, 1824) Gray-bellied Hawk
iN and C South America (east of Andes) south to Paraguay, NE Argentina and SE Brazil
Accipiter trivirgatus97 Crested Goshawk indicus (Hodgson, 1836) vHimalayan foothills (east from Uttarakhand), NE India, SW and S China, mainland SE Asia
formosae Mayr, 194998 iTaiwan peninsulae Koelz, 1949 iSW India
layardi (Whistler, 1936) iSri Lanka
trivirgatus (Temminck, 1824) vSumatra
niasensis Mayr, 1949 vNias I. (off W Sumatra)
javanicus Mayr, 1949 vJava
microstictus Mayr, 1949 vBorneo
palawanus Mayr, 1949 vCalamian Group and Palawan (Philippines)
castroi Manuel & Gilliard, 1952 iPolillo (Philippines)
extimus Mayr, 1945 vNegros, Samar, Leyte, Mindanao (Philippines)
Accipiter griseiceps 99 (Kaup, 1848) Sulawesi Goshawkα iSulawesi, Muna I., Buton I. [Kaup, 1848 #10899]
Accipiter tachiro African Goshawk
1 macroscelides (Hartlaub, 1855) Sierra Leone to W Cameroon
1 lopezi (Alexander, 1903) Bioko
1 toussenelii (J. & E. Verreaux & Des Murs, 1855)100 S Cameroon, Gabon, N and W DR Congo 2 canescens (Chapin, 1921) iE DR Congo to W Uganda
2 unduliventer (Rüppell, 1836)101 iEritrea, Ethiopia 2 sparsimfasciatus (Reichenow, 1895) vSomalia and E Africa to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
2 pembaensis Benson & Elliott, 1975102 vPemba I. (off NE Tanzania) 2 tachiro (Daudin, 1800) iNE, E and S South Africa
Accipiter castanilius 103 Bonaparte, 1853 Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk S Nigeria to Gabon and DR Congo
Accipiter badius104 Shikra sphenurus (Rüppell, 1836) vGambia to Eritrea, south to N Tanzania
polyzonoides A. Smith, 1838 iS Tanzania and S DR Congo to C Namibia and N South Africa
cenchroides (Severtsov, 1873) iTranscaucasia, N Iran to C Asia, W Pakistan >> NW India
dussumieri (Temminck, 1824) iPakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, India (except SW), Bangladesh
badius (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) vSW India, Sri Lanka
poliopsis (Hume, 1874) iS China, continental SE Asia, N Sumatra (ssp.?) >> mainland SE Asia
Accipiter butleri Nicobar Sparrowhawk
butleri (J.H. Gurney Jr., 1898) iCar Nicobar (Nicobars)105 obsoletus (Richmond, 1902) vKatchall, Camorta (Nicobars)
Accipiter brevipes (Severtsov, 1850) Levant Sparrowhawk
iBalkans to S Russia >> NE Africa
Accipiter soloensis (Horsfield, 1821) Chinese Sparrowhawk
vRussian Far East, Korea, China >> S China, SE Asia to Moluccas and W Lesser Sundas (east to Flores)
Accipiter francesiae Frances's Sparrowhawk
griveaudi Benson, 1960 iGrande Comore (Comoros)
pusillus (J.H. Gurney Sr., 1875) vAnjouan (Comoros)
brutus (Schlegel, 1865) αvMayotte (Comoros)
francesiae A. Smith, 1834 δiMadagascar
Accipiter trinotatus Bonaparte, 1850 Spot-tailed Goshawk
vSulawesi, Muna I., Buton I.
Accipiter hiogaster106 Variable Goshawk hiogaster (S. Müller, 1841) Ambon, Seram (S Moluccas)
sylvestris Wallace, 1864 vSumbawa to Alor (Lesser Sundas)
polionotus (Salvadori, 1889) αvBanda Is. (S Moluccas), Damar to Tanimbar Is. (E Lesser Sundas)
mortyi E. Hartert, 1925 Morotai (N Moluccas)
griseogularis (G.R. Gray, 1861) αvHalmahera, Bacan (N Moluccas)
obiensis (E. Hartert, 1903) vObi (N Moluccas)
pallidiceps (Salvadori, 1879) Buru (S Moluccas)
albiventris (Salvadori, 1876) αvKai Is. (SE Moluccas)
leucosomus (Sharpe, 1874) vLowland to lower montane New Guinea and satellite islands, including Aru Is.
misoriensis (Salvadori, 1876) αvBiak I. (in Cenderawasih Bay)
pallidimas Mayr, 1940 D'Entrecasteaux Arch. (inner islands)
misulae Mayr, 1940 Louisiade Arch.
lavongai Mayr, 1945 New Hanover, New Ireland, Tabar Is. (Bismarck Arch.)
matthiae Mayr, 1945 St. Matthias Group (Bismarck Arch.)
manusi Mayr, 1945 Admiralty Is. (Bismarck Arch.)
dampieri (J.H. Gurney Sr., 1882) New Britain, Umboi (Bismarck Arch.)
lihirensis Stresemann, 1933 vLihir I., Tanga Is. (Hibernian Is.)
bougainvillei (Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1905) Bougainville, Shortland Is. (N Solomons)
rufoschistaceus (Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1902) vChoiseul, Santa Isabel, Florida Is. (C and SE Solomons)
rubianae (Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1905) New Georgia Is. (C Solomons)
malaitae Mayr, 1931 Malaita (SE Solomons)
pulchellus (E.P. Ramsay, 1882) αvGuadalcanal (SE Solomons)
Accipiter novaehollandiae (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) Grey Goshawk
N and E Australia, Tasmania
Accipiter poliocephalus 107 G.R. Gray, 1858 Grey-headed Goshawk vLowland New Guinea and satellite islands, including Aru Is.
Accipiter princeps Mayr, 1934 New Britain Goshawk
iMontane New Britain (Bismarck Arch.)
Accipiter fasciatus Brown Goshawk
natalis (Lister, 1889) vChristmas I. (Indian Ocean)
wallacii (Sharpe, 1874) iLesser Sundas (east to Babar)
tjendanae Stresemann, 1925 iSumba (Lesser Sundas)
stresemanni Rensch, 1931 iIslands in Flores Sea
savu Mayr, 1941 iSavu (Lesser Sundas)
hellmayri Stresemann, 1922108 iRoti to Timor and Alor (Lesser Sundas) buruensis Stresemann, 1914109 vBuru (S Moluccas) dogwa Rand, 1941 iLowland SC New Guinea (Trans-Fly region)
polycryptus Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1915 vLowland to montane N to SE New Guinea (west to R. Sepik basin and Gulf of Papua)
vigilax (Wetmore, 1926) iAnatom, Tanna, Efaté (Vanuatu), New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.
didimus (Mathews, 1912) iN Australia
fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) vS to EC Australia, Tasmania >> N Australia and S Solomons (Rennell, Bellona)
Accipiter melanochlamys Black-mantled Goshawk
melanochlamys (Salvadori, 1876) αiMontane NW New Guinea (Vogelkop)
schistacinus (Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1913)110,111 αδvMontane WC to SE New Guinea (central cordillera) Accipiter albogularis Pied Goshawk
eichhorni E. Hartert, 1926 iFeni Is. (Hibernian Is.)
woodfordi (Sharpe, 1888) iBougainville, Choiseul, Santa Isabel, Malaita, Florida Is., Guadalcanal (Solomons)
gilvus Mayr, 1945 vNew Georgia Is. (C Solomons)
albogularis G.R. Gray, 1870 vSan Cristobal, Uki, Santa Ana (SE Solomons)
sharpei (Oustalet, 1875) iSanta Cruz Is. (E Solomons)
Accipiter haplochrous P.L. Sclater, 1859 White-bellied Goshawk
vNew Caledonia
Accipiter rufitorques 112 (Peale, 1848) Fiji Goshawk iFiji (except S Lau Group)
Accipiter henicogrammus (G.R. Gray, 1861) Moluccan Goshawkα
vN Moluccas
Accipiter luteoschistaceus Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1926 Slaty-backed Sparrowhawk
vNew Britain (Bismarck Arch.)
Accipiter imitator E. Hartert, 1926 Imitator Goshawk
iBougainville, Choiseul, Santa Isabel, Guadalcanal (Solomons)
Accipiter erythropus Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
erythropus (Hartlaub, 1855) iGambia to Nigeria
zenkeri Reichenow, 1894 iCameroon to W Uganda and N Angola
Accipiter minullus113 Little Sparrowhawk tropicalis Reichenow, 1898114 vS Somalia and coastal Kenya to E Mozambique minullus (Daudin, 1800)115 vEthiopia and inland E Africa to Angola, N Namibia and NE, E and S South Africa Accipiter gularis116 Japanese Sparrowhawk sibiricus Stepanyan, 1959 vAltai Mts., Baikal area and Mongolia to SE Yakutia and Sea of Okhotsk >> mainland SE Asia
gularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) vRussian Far East, Sakhalin, Japan, Korea, NE China >> SE China, SE Asia to Greater Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi, W and C Lesser Sundas (east to Timor)
iwasakii Mishima, 1962 iIriomote-jima, Ishigaki-jima (Yaeyama Is.)
Accipiter virgatus117 Besra affinis Hodgson, 1836 vHimalayan foothills (west to Kashmir), C and S China, continental SE Asia (except NE) >> N India, mainland SE Asia
fuscipectus Mees, 1970 iTaiwan
besra Jerdon, 1839 iS India, Sri Lanka
vanbemmeli Voous, 1950118 δiMountains of Sumatra rufotibialis Sharpe, 1887 vMountains of Borneo
virgatus (Temminck, 1822) vMountains of Java, Bali
quinquefasciatus Mees, 1984 vFlores (Lesser Sundas) [Mees, 1984 #2628]
abdulalii Mees, 1981 iAndamans [Mees, 1981 #2625]
confusus E. Hartert, 1910 vCatanduanes, Luzon, Mindoro, Negros (Philippines)
quagga Parkes, 1973 iBohol, Cebu, Leyte, Mindanao, Samar (Philippines)
Accipiter nanus (W. Blasius, 1897) Dwarf Sparrowhawk
iSulawesi
Accipiter erythrauchen Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk
erythrauchen G.R. Gray, 1861 iN Moluccas
ceramensis (Schlegel, 1862) vBuru, Seram (S Moluccas)
Accipiter cirrocephalus119 Collared Sparrowhawk papuanus (Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1913) vWestern Papuan Is., lowland New Guinea, Yapen I., Aru Is.
rosselianus Mayr, 1940 vRossel (Louisiade Arch.)
cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1817)120,121 δvAustralia, Tasmania Accipiter brachyurus (E.P. Ramsay, 1880) New Britain Sparrowhawkα
vNew Britain (Bismarck Arch.)
Accipiter rhodogaster Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk
rhodogaster (Schlegel, 1862) iSulawesi, Muna I., Buton I.
sulaensis (Schlegel, 1866) vBanggai Is., Sula Is.
Accipiter madagascariensis J. Verreaux, 1833 Madagascar Sparrowhawkα
vMadagascar [Verreaux, 1833 #13620]
Accipiter ovampensis J.H. Gurney Sr., 1875 Ovambo Sparrowhawk
vIvory Coast to Ethiopia, E Africa and Angola to N Namibia and NE South Africa
Accipiter nisus122 Eurasian Sparrowhawk nisus (Linnaeus, 1758) iEurope to SW Siberia, N Iran and SW Turkmenistan >> NE Africa and SW Asia
nisosimilis (Tickell, 1833) vC Asia to C and E Siberia, N Japan, NE China >> SW and S Asia, China, mainland SE Asia to N Thai-Malay Pen.
dementjevi Stepanyan, 1958123 iPamir-Alai to Tien Shan Mts. melaschistos Hume, 1869 iE Afghanistan, W Pakistan, Himalayan foothills (east from N Pakistan), SW China (east to W Sichuan), Myanmar
wolterstorffi O. Kleinschmidt, 1901 iCorsica, Sardinia
punicus von Erlanger, 1897 vNW Africa
granti Sharpe, 1890 iMadeira, Canary Is.
Accipiter rufiventris Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
perspicillaris (Rüppell, 1836) vEthiopia
rufiventris A. Smith, 1830124 vDR Congo and Kenya to South Africa Accipiter collaris P.L. Sclater, 1860 Semicollared Hawk
vAndean slopes of SW Venezuela (Mérida) locally to S Peru (Cuzco); Santa Marta Mts.
Accipiter striatus Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 perobscurus Snyder, 1938 vCoastal NW North America from SE Alaska to S British Columbia >> Washington to California
1 velox (A. Wilson, 1812) iW and C Alaska and Canada, south in W USA to California, Arizona, and New Mexico, and in E USA to N Alabama >> south to Panama
1 suttoni van Rossem, 1939125 iN and C Mexico (E Sonora and W Chihuahua south to Jalisco, Michoacán and W Veracruz) 1 madrensis R.W. Storer, 1952 vS Mexico (Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero and W Oaxaca)
1 fringilloides Vigors, 1827 iCuba
1 striatus Vieillot, 1808126 αvHispaniola 1 venator Wetmore, 1914 iPuerto Rico
2 chionogaster (Kaup, 1852)127 iHighlands of S Mexico (SE Oaxaca, Chiapas), S Guatemala, N El Salvador, Honduras and NW Nicaragua 3 ventralis P.L. Sclater, 1866128 vCoastal Range of Venezuela; highlands of SE Venezuela; Sierra de Perijá; Santa Marta Mts.; Andes from W Venezuela to WC Bolivia 4 erythronemius (Kaup, 1850) vE Brazil (Bahia) to SE Bolivia (Santa Cruz to Tarija), N Argentina (Córdoba, La Rioja) and Uruguay
Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) Cooper's Hawk
iS Canada and USA to NW Mexico >> south to Guatemala
Accipiter gundlachi 129,130 Lawrence, 1861 Gundlach's Hawk&alphaδ Cuba
Accipiter bicolor131 Bicolored Hawk fidens Bangs & Noble, 1918 iS Mexico (S Tamaulipas, Veracruz and N Oaxaca)
bicolor (Vieillot, 1817) iSE Mexico (Tabasco, N Chiapas, Yucatan Pen.) south to NW Peru, N Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil
pileatus (Temminck, 1823) vE Brazil (S Maranhão and Ceará to Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones)
guttifer Hellmayr, 1917 iSW Brazil (SW Mato Grosso), SE Bolivia, W Paraguay and NC Argentina (south to Santa Fé)
chilensis R.A. Philippi, Sr. & Landbeck, 1864132 vAndes of C Chile and WC Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados Accipiter melanoleucus Black Sparrowhawk
temminckii (Hartlaub, 1855) iSenegal to W DR Congo and N Angola
melanoleucus A. Smith, 1830 vE Sudan, Ethiopia and E Africa to E and S South Africa
Accipiter henstii (Schlegel, 1873) Henst's Goshawk
iW, N and E Madagascar
Accipiter gentilis133 Northern Goshawk buteoides (Menzbier, 1882) iNE Europe, NW and NC Siberia (east to R. Lena) >> C Europe to C Asia
albidus (Menzbier, 1882) vNE Siberia (R. Lena to Kamchatka)
schvedowi (Menzbier, 1882) iS Ural Mts. to SE Siberia, N China, and W and C Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh to Bhutan) >> C and E Asia, and N continental SE Asia
fujiyamae (Swann & E. Hartert, 1923) iJapan
gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758) vN and C Europe east to C and S Russia
marginatus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)134 vItaly and Balkans to Caucasus and N Iran arrigonii (O. Kleinschmidt, 1903) iN Morocco, Iberia, Corsica, Sardinia
atricapillus (A. Wilson, 1812) iW and C Alaska to Labrador and Newfoundland, south to C California, N Arizona, N New Mexico, S Manitoba, N Wisconsin and Maryland
laingi (Taverner, 1940) iCoastal SE Alaska to Queen Charlotte Is., Alexander Arch., and Vancouver I. (off British Columbia)
apache van Rossem, 1938135 iSW USA (Arizona, SW New Mexico) and W Mexico (south to Jalisco and Guerrero) Accipiter meyerianus (Sharpe, 1878) Meyer's Goshawk
vMoluccas, New Guinea, Yapen I., New Britain and S satellite islands; Bougainville (?), Vella Lavella, Kolombangara, Guadalcanal (Solomons)
Accipiter superciliosus136 Tiny Hawk fontainieri Bonaparte, 1853137 δiSE Nicaragua to W Colombia and W Ecuador superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1766) vN and E Colombia east to the Guianas, south to E Bolivia, Paraguay, NE Argentina and SE Brazil
ERYTHROTRIORCHIS Sharpe, 1875 M - Falco radiatus Latham, 1801; type by monotypy 138 Erythrotriorchis buergersi (Reichenow, 1914) Chestnut-shouldered Goshawk
iMontane EC to SE New Guinea (E central cordillera)
Erythrotriorchis radiatus (Latham, 1801) Red Goshawkα
vN and E Australia
MEGATRIORCHIS Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1876 M - Megatriorchis doriae Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1876; type by monotypy
Megatriorchis doriae Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1876 Doria's Goshawkα
iLowland to lower montane New Guinea
UROTRIORCHIS Sharpe, 1874 M - Astur macrourus Hartlaub, 1855; type by monotypy 139 Urotriorchis macrourus 140 (Hartlaub, 1855) Long-tailed Hawk vLiberia to E DR Congo
HALIAEETUS Savigny, 1809 M - Haliaeetus nisus Savigny, 1809; type by monotypy = Falco albicilla Linnaeus, 1758
Haliaeetus leucogaster 141 (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) White-bellied Sea Eagle iIndia, Sri Lanka, S China, SE Asia, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., coastal and subcoastal Australia and Tasmania
Haliaeetus sanfordi Mayr, 1935 Sanford's Sea Eagle
iSolomons (all larger islands)
Haliaeetus vocifer 142 (Daudin, 1800) African Fish Eagle iSenegal to Ethiopia and South Africa
Haliaeetus vociferoides Des Murs, 1845 Madagascar Fish Eagle
iW Madagascar
Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771) Pallas's Fish Eagle
vC Asia to S Siberia, Pakistan, N India and NW continental SE Asia
Haliaeetus albicilla143 White-tailed Sea Eagle albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) iEurope, N Asia, N Japan >> north S Asia, China, N Myanmar
groenlandicus C.L. Brehm, 1831 vSW Greenland
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle
washingtoniensis (Audubon, 1827)144 vAleutian Is., C Alaska east to Labrador and south to Oregon, Utah, C Kansas, Illinois and Nova Scotia leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) vS USA (California and Arizona east to Virginia and Florida) and NW Mexico (Baja California, Sonora)
Haliaeetus pelagicus 145 (Pallas, 1811) Steller's Sea Eagle vNE Asia >> NE China and Japan
ICTHYOPHAGA Lesson, 1843 F - Icthyophaga javana Lesson, 1843; type by monotypy = Falco ichthyaetus Horsfield, 1821 146 Icthyophaga humilis Lesser Fish Eagle
plumbea (Jerdon, 1871) vHimalayas (west to Himachal Pradesh), NE India, continental SE Asia (except SW), Hainan
humilis (S. Müller & Schlegel, 1841) vExtreme SW continental SE Asia, Thai-Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, S Moluccas (Buru)
Icthyophaga ichthyaetus (Horsfield, 1821) Grey-headed Fish Eagle
iS Asia, mainland SE Asia, Greater Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi
HALIASTUR Selby, 1840 M - Falco pondicerianus J.F. Gmelin, 1788; type by original designation = Falco indus Boddaert, 1783
Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) Whistling Kite
vLowland E New Guinea, Australia (less frequent in south), New Caledonia
Haliastur indus Brahminy Kite
indus (Boddaert, 1783) vS Asia, S China and continental SE Asia
intermedius Blyth, 1865 vThai-Malay Pen., Greater Sundas, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas (east to Tanimbar Is.)
girrenera (Vieillot, 1822) iMoluccas, New Guinea and satellite islands, Bismarck Arch. (except Feni Is.), N and subtropical E Australia
flavirostris Condon & Amadon, 1954 vFeni Is. (Hibernian Is.), Green Is., Solomons
MILVUS Lacépède, 1799 M - Falco milvus Linnaeus, 1758; type by tautonymy
Milvus milvus Red Kite
milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) iNW Africa, Europe to Turkey and N Iran
fasciicauda E. Hartert, 1914147 iCape Verde Is. Milvus migrans Black Kite
migrans (Boddaert, 1783)148 iMadeira, Cape Verde Is., N Africa, S and C Europe, and SW Asia to W Pakistan >> Africa lineatus (J.E. Gray, 1831)149 vSiberia (east from Ural Mts.) and Japan, south to Himalayas (Kashmir to Sikkim) >> S and mainland SE Asia, rarely Sumatra and Borneo govinda Sykes, 1832 iS Asia, S China (Yunnan), continental SE Asia
formosanus N. Kuroda, Sr., 1920150 vHainan, Taiwan affinis Gould, 1838 vSulawesi, S Moluccas (Buru), W and C Lesser Sundas (east to Timor), lowland New Guinea, N and inland Australia
aegyptius (J.F. Gmelin, 1788)151 vEgypt and Red Sea >> Kenya parasitus (Daudin, 1800) iSenegal to Ethiopia south to South Africa
BUSARELLUS Lesson, 1843 M - Circus busarellus Vieillot; type by original designation and tautonymy = Falco nigricollis Latham, 1790
Busarellus nigricollis Black-collared Hawk
nigricollis (Latham, 1790) vC Mexico south through Central and South America (east of the Andes) to NE Bolivia and S Brazil
leucocephalus (Vieillot, 1816) vE Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Paraguay, Uruguay and N Argentina (south to Salta, Santa Fé and Corrientes)
GERANOSPIZA Kaup, 1847 F - Falco gracilis Temminck, 1821; type by original designation 152 Geranospiza caerulescens Crane Hawk
1 livens Bangs & T.E. Penard, 1921 iNW Mexico (S Sonora and N Sinaloa)
1 nigra (Du Bus, 1847) vN Mexico (S Sinaloa and S Tamaulipas) to C Panama
1 balzarensis W.L. Sclater, 1918 vE Panama to W Colombia, W Ecuador and NW Peru (Lambayeque)
2 caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817) iN and E Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas south through Amazonian Brazil to E Ecuador and E Peru
3 gracilis (Temminck, 1821) vNE Brazil (Maranhão, Piauí and Ceará to C Goiás and Bahia)
3 flexipes J.L. Peters, 1935 iS Brazil and E Bolivia south to C Argentina and Uruguay
BUTASTUR Hodgson, 1843 M - Circus teesa Franklin, 1831; type by original designation 153 Butastur rufipennis (Sundevall, 1850) Grasshopper Buzzardα
vSenegal to Somalia >> N DR Congo and E Africa
Butastur teesa (Franklin, 1831) White-eyed Buzzard
iSE Iran, S Asia, W and S Myanmar
Butastur liventer (Temminck, 1827) Rufous-winged Buzzard
i(a) SW Yunnan, N and E continental SE Asia >> N Thai-Malay Pen. (rarely); (b) Java, Sulawesi
Butastur indicus (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) Grey-faced Buzzard
vRussian Far East, Japan, Korea, NE China >> S China, SE Asia
ICTINIA Vieillot, 1816 F - Milan-Cresserelle Vieillot; type by monotypy = Falco plumbeus J.F. Gmelin, 1788
Ictinia mississippiensis (A. Wilson, 1811) Mississippi Kite
vS USA (Arizona to South Carolina and N Florida) >> S Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
Ictinia plumbea 154 (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) Plumbeous Kite vNE Mexico (Tamaulipas) south to NW Peru, SE Brazil and N Argentina
ROSTRHAMUS Lesson, 1830 M - Rostrhamus niger Lesson, 1830; type by monotypy = Herpetotheres sociabilis Vieillot, 1817
Rostrhamus sociabilis Snail Kite
plumbeus Ridgway, 1874155 vSE USA (Florida Everglades); Cuba, Isla de la Juventud major Nelson & Goldman, 1933 vE Mexico (C Veracruz and W Oaxaca to Yucatan Pen.), N Guatemala, Belize and NW Honduras
sociabilis (Vieillot, 1817) vNicaragua to SW Ecuador, Uruguay and EC Argentina
HELICOLESTES Bangs & T.E. Penard, 1918 M - Falco hamatus Illiger; type by original designation = Falco hamatus Temminck, 1821 156 Helicolestes hamatus (Temminck, 1821) Slender-billed Kite
vE Panama, N Colombia, N and E Venezuela, coastal Surinam and French Guiana; N and W Amazonian Brazil, E Peru and N Bolivia
RUPORNIS Kaup, 1844 M - Falco magnirostris J.F. Gmelin, 1788; type by monotypy 157 Rupornis magnirostris Roadside Hawk
griseocauda (Ridgway, 1874) αiC Mexico (Jalisco, E Nuevo León and S Tamaulipas) to NW Costa Rica and W Panama (Bocas del Toro)
conspectus J.L. Peters, 1913 vSE Mexico (Tabasco and Yucatan Pen.), N Belize
gracilis Ridgway, 1885 vIsla de Cozumel and Isla Holbox (off Yucatan Pen.)
sinushonduri (J. Bond, 1936) iIsla de Roatán and Isla de Guanaja (off N Honduras)
petulans (van Rossem, 1935) iSW Costa Rica and Pacific slope of Panama; Isla de Coiba; Caribbean slope of C Panama
alius J.L. Peters & Griscom, 1929 vIsla del Rey, Isla Pedro González, Isla San José, Isla Caña (Arch. de las Perlas off S Panama)
magnirostris (J.F. Gmelin, 1788)158 vExtreme E Panama and Colombia east to the Guianas, south to N Peru and Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon only east of R. Madeira) occiduus Bangs, 1911 vE Peru, SW Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon and west of R. Madeira) and N Bolivia (Pando)
saturatus (P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1876) vBolivia (except Pando), SW Brazil, Paraguay and NC Argentina
nattereri (P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869) iNE Brazil (Maranhão to Rio Grande do Norte, south to Bahia)
magniplumis (W. Bertoni, 1901) vS Brazil, SE Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones)
pucherani (J. & E. Verreaux, 1855) iNE Argentina (Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires) and Uruguay
PARABUTEO Ridgway, 1874 M - Buteo harrisi Audubon, 1837; type by original designation
Parabuteo unicinctus Harris's Hawk
harrisi (Audubon, 1837)159 iS USA (S Arizona, S Texas) to NW Costa Rica; WC Colombia (Cauca valley); W Ecuador and W Peru unicinctus (Temminck, 1824) vN Colombia and N Venezuela; E Brazil, E Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and N Argentina; C Chile
Parabuteo leucorrhous 160 (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) White-rumped Hawk vCoastal Range of Venezuela; Sierra de Perijá; Santa Marta Mts.; locally in Andes from Venezuela to NW Argentina; E Paraguay, NE Argentina and S Brazil
CRYPTOLEUCOPTERYX Raposo do Amaral et al., 2009 F - Leucopternis plumbea Salvin, 1872; type by original designation 161 Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea (Salvin, 1872) Plumbeous Hawk
vE Panama to W Ecuador (N Los Ríos)
BUTEOGALLUS Lesson, 1830 M - Buteogallus cathartoides Lesson, 1830; type by monotypy = Falco aequinoctialis J.F. Gmelin, 1788 162 Buteogallus schistaceus (Sundevall, 1850) Slate-colored Hawkα
vSW Venezuela and SE Colombia to E Ecuador, E Peru, N and E Bolivia, east to French Guiana and NC Brazil
Buteogallus anthracinus Common Black Hawk
anthracinus (Deppe, 1830) vSW USA (SW Utah, W New Mexico, extreme SW Texas) south to N Colombia and east along coast of N Venezuela to NW Guyana; Trinidad; St. Vincent
utilensis Twomey, 1956 vIsla de Utila and Isla de Guanaja (off N Honduras)
rhizophorae Monroe, 1963163 Pacific coast of S Mexico (Chiapas) to Nicaragua bangsi (Swann, 1922) Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama; Arch. de las Perlas
subtilis (Thayer & Bangs, 1905)164 vPacific coast of Colombia, SW Ecuador (E Guayas to El Oro) and NW Peru (Tumbes) Buteogallus gundlachii 165 (Cabanis, 1855) Cuban Black Hawk Cuba and Isla de la Juventud
Buteogallus aequinoctialis (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) Rufous Crab Hawk
vCoasts from NE Venezuela (SE Sucre) to SE Brazil (Paraná)
Buteogallus meridionalis 166 (Latham, 1790) Savanna Hawk vPacific slope of Panama to NW Peru; N and E Colombia to the Guianas and south to N Argentina and Uruguay
Buteogallus lacernulatus 167 (Temminck, 1827) White-necked Hawk vE Brazil (Alagoas; SE Bahia and NE Minas Gerais to Santa Catarina)
Buteogallus urubitinga Great Black Hawk
ridgwayi (J.H. Gurney Sr., 1884) iN Mexico (S Sonora and S Tamaulipas) to Panama
urubitinga (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) iNE Panama (E Comarca Guna Yala) and South America south to NW Peru (Piura), N Argentina and Uruguay
Buteogallus solitarius168 Montane Solitary Eagle sheffleri (van Rossem, 1948)169 iLocally in highlands of W Mexico (Sonora) to Panama solitarius (von Tschudi, 1844) vCoastal Range of Venezuela; Sierra de Perijá; Santa Marta Mts.; Andes from S Colombia to NW Argentina
Buteogallus coronatus 170 (Vieillot, 1817) Crowned Solitary Eagle vS Brazil, E Bolivia and Paraguay to C Argentina (La Pampa)
MORPHNARCHUS Ridgway, 1920 M - Leucopternis princeps P.L. Sclater, 1865; type by original designation and monotypy 171 Morphnarchus princeps 172 (P.L. Sclater, 1865) Barred Hawk Costa Rica and Panama; W Andes from C Colombia to S Ecuador; E Andes from C Colombia to S Ecuador
GERANOAETUS Kaup, 1844 M - Falco aguia Temminck, 1824; type by monotypy = Spizaetus melanoleucus Vieillot, 1819 173 Geranoaetus albicaudatus174 White-tailed Hawk hypospodius (J.H. Gurney Sr., 1876) vSC USA (S Texas) and N Mexico locally to C Panama; N and C Colombia and NW Venezuela
colonus (von Berlepsch, 1892) iE Colombia east to Surinam, south to N Brazil (north of R. Amazon, east of R. Branco); Netherlands Antilles and Trinidad
albicaudatus (Vieillot, 1816) vSE Peru, N and E Bolivia, S and E Brazil south to Uruguay and EC Argentina (R. Negro)
Geranoaetus polyosoma Variable Hawk
1 polyosoma (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) iAndes of C Colombia to Tierra del Fuego and into lowlands of SW Ecuador, W Peru and S Argentina; Falkland Is.175 2 poecilochrous (J.H. Gurney Sr., 1879)176 vPáramo and puna of Andes of SW Colombia and Ecuador 2 fjeldsai (J. Cabot & de Vries, 2009) Puna of Andes from N Peru to NW Argentina and N Chile [Cabot, 2009 #11954]
3 exsul (Salvin, 1875)177 iIsla Alejandro Selkirk (Juan Fernández Arch., off Chile) Geranoaetus melanoleucus Black-chested Buzzard Eagle
australis Swann, 1922 vAndes of W Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego; also lowlands of W Peru and S Argentina
melanoleucus (Vieillot, 1819) vE Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and NE Argentina (south to Córdoba and Entre Ríos)
PSEUDASTUR G.R. Gray, 1849 M - Falco poecilonotus Cuvier; type by original designation = Falco albicollis Latham, 1790 178 Pseudastur albicollis179 White Hawk 1 ghiesbreghti (Du Bus, 1845) iCaribbean slope from S Mexico to NW Honduras; Pacific slope from S Mexico to W El Salvador
1 costaricensis (W.L. Sclater, 1919)180 vN Honduras and E Nicaragua to W Colombia (Chocó, W Valle) 1 williaminae (Meyer de Schauensee, 1950) iN Colombia (Córdoba) to NW Venezuela (Sierra de Perijá)
2 albicollis (Latham, 1790) vCoastal Range of Venezuela; Trinidad; the Guianas and Amazonia
Pseudastur occidentalis (Salvin, 1876) Gray-backed Hawk
vW Ecuador (S Esmeraldas to Loja) and NW Peru (Tumbes)
Pseudastur polionotus (Kaup, 1847) Mantled Hawk
vE Brazil (Alagoas and E Bahia to N Rio Grande do Sul) and E Paraguay
LEUCOPTERNIS Kaup, 1847 M - Falco melanops Temminck; type by subsequent designation (G.R. Gray, 1855, Cat. of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds, p. 3). = Falco melanops Latham, 1790 181 Leucopternis semiplumbeus Lawrence, 1861 Semiplumbeous Hawk
vE Honduras to W Colombia and NW Ecuador (Pichincha)
Leucopternis melanops 182 (Latham, 1790) Black-faced Hawk iE Ecuador, S Colombia, S Venezuela and the Guianas south to NE Peru and N Brazil
Leucopternis kuhli Bonaparte, 1850 White-browed Hawk
iE Peru, N Bolivia and Brazil (south of R. Amazon east to NE Pará)
BUTEO Lacépède, 1799 M - Falco buteo Linnaeus, 1758; type by tautonymy
Buteo plagiatus 183 (Schlegel, 1862) Gray Hawk vS USA (S Arizona and SE Texas) to NW Costa Rica (Golfo de Nicoya)
Buteo nitidus Gray-lined Hawk
blakei Hellmayr & Conover, 1949184 SW Costa Rica (Térraba valley) to NW Peru (N Tumbes) nitidus (Latham, 1790) vE Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas, NE Peru and Amazonian Brazil
pallidus (Todd, 1915) vSC Brazil and E Bolivia south to Paraguay and NC Argentina
Buteo ridgwayi (Cory, 1883) Ridgway's Hawk
iDominican Republic
Buteo lineatus185,186 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 elegans Cassin, 1855 αiW USA (W Oregon and California) and NW Mexico (N Baja California)
2 lineatus (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) vSE Canada (SE Ontario, S Québec, S New Brunswick) to EC USA (Missouri to North Carolina)187 2 alleni Ridgway, 1885 iSE USA (E Texas to South Carolina and N Florida)
2 extimus Bangs, 1920 vSE USA (S Florida and Florida Keys)
2 texanus Bishop, 1912 vS USA (S Texas) and extreme NE Mexico (N Tamaulipas)
Buteo platypterus Broad-winged Hawk
platypterus (Vieillot, 1823) vC and SE Canada, E USA >> S Mexico to W Brazil, N and E Peru and N Bolivia
cubanensis Burns, F.L., 1911 vCuba
brunnescens S.T. Danforth & Smyth, 1935 iPuerto Rico
insulicola Riley, 1908 iAntigua (Lesser Antilles)
rivierei Verrill, 1905 iDominica, Martinique, St. Lucia (Lesser Antilles)
antillarum A.H. Clark, 1905 iSt. Vincent, the Grenadines, Grenada (S Lesser Antilles) and Tobago
Buteo solitarius Peale, 1848 Hawaiian Hawk
vHawaii (Hawaiian Is.)
Buteo albigula R.A. Philippi, Sr., 1899 White-throated Hawk
iC Chile and WC Argentina >> Andes from C Colombia to NW Argentina
Buteo brachyurus Short-tailed Hawk
fuliginosus P.L. Sclater, 1858 vS USA (Florida Pen.); N Mexico to Panama
brachyurus Vieillot, 1816 vColombia east to Trinidad, the Guianas and NE Brazil, south to NW Peru, N Argentina and SE Brazil
Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte, 1838 Swainson's Hawk
iSW Canada, W USA, N Mexico >> South America
Buteo galapagoensis (Gould, 1837) Galapagos Hawk
vGalapagos Is.
Buteo albonotatus Kaup, 1847 Zone-tailed Hawk
vSW USA (N Arizona to SW Texas) and N Mexico locally south to NW Peru, Paraguay and SE Brazil; absent from Amazonia
Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed Hawk
1 harlani (Audubon, 1830)188 iWC Alaska, SW Yukon and N British Columbia >> SC USA 2 alascensis G.B. Grinnell, 1909 vCoastal SE Alaska and NW Canada (coastal British Columbia, Queen Charlotte Is. and Vancouver I.)
2 calurus Cassin, 1855 αvW North America (E Alaska east to NW Manitoba, south to California and NW Texas) >> Mexico and Central America
2 borealis (J.F. Gmelin, 1788)189 vE North America (Ontario east to Nova Scotia, south to E Texas and N Florida) >> south to S Mexico 2 socorroensis Nelson, 1898 vIsla Socorro (off W Mexico)
2 suttoni Dickerman, 1993 iNW Mexico (Sierra de San Lázaro in S Baja California) [Dickerman, 1993 #1346]
2 fuertesi Sutton & Van Tyne, 1935 iS USA (SE Arizona to C Texas) to NC Mexico (Durango to W Tamaulipas)
2 fumosus Nelson, 1898190 vIslas Marías (off WC Mexico) 2 hadropus R.W. Storer, 1962 iHighlands of C Mexico (S Durango and San Luis Potosí to Oaxaca)
2 kemsiesi Oberholser, 1959 iS Mexico (Chiapas) to N Nicaragua
2 costaricensis Ridgway, 1874 vHighlands of Costa Rica and W Panama
2 umbrinus Bangs, 1901 vSE USA (Florida Pen.)
2 solitudinis Barbour, 1935 iBahamas, Cuba and Isla de la Juventud
2 jamaicensis (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) vJamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Is., St. Kitts and Nevis
Buteo ventralis Gould, 1837 Rufous-tailed Hawk
vS Chile (Bíobío to Magallanes) and SW Argentina (W Neuquén to SW Santa Cruz)
Buteo lagopus Rough-legged Buzzard/Rough-legged Hawk
lagopus (Pontoppidan, 1763) iN Europe, NW Siberia >> south to C and E Europe, SW Asia
menzbieri Dementiev, 1951 iNC and NE Siberia >> south to SE Europe, C and E Asia
kamtschatkensis Dementiev, 1931191 δvShores of Sea of Okhotsk to Kamchatka, N Kuril Is. sanctijohannis (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) iW and N Alaska and N Canada >> S Canada and USA (except SE)
Buteo regalis (G.R. Gray, 1844) Ferruginous Hawk
vSC Canada and WC USA >> SW USA and N Mexico
Buteo auguralis Salvadori, 1865 Red-necked Buzzard
vSierra Leone to Ethiopia, W Uganda and Angola
Buteo augur 192 (Rüppell, 1836) Augur Buzzard E Sudan, N Somalia and Ethiopia to Zimbabwe, C Namibia and W Angola
Buteo rufofuscus (J.R. Forster, 1798) Jackal Buzzard
vC and S Namibia, South Africa
Buteo buteo193,194 Eurasian Buzzard insularum Floericke, 1903 iCanary Is. and Azores
harterti Swann, 1919 iMadeira
pojana (Savi, 1831)195 αiCorsica, Sardinia, Sicily, C and S Italy buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) iEurope (except SC) east to S Finland, Romania and W Turkey
vulpinus (Gloger, 1833) vN and E Europe to C Asia >> E and S Africa, S Asia, W mainland SE Asia to Thai-Malay Pen.
menetriesi Bogdanov, 1879 iCrimea, C and E Turkey and Caucasus to N Iran
Buteo japonicus196 Japanese Buzzard japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844197 αvNE Asia east to Japan (except Ogasawara Is.) >> N India and northern SE Asia toyoshimai Momiyama, 1927 Ogasawara Is. (Japan)
oshiroi N. Kuroda, Jr., 1971 Daito Is. (Japan)
Buteo refectus 198,199,200 Portenko, 1935 Himalayan Buzzardα vHimalayas and E Tibetan Plateau
Buteo oreophilus E. Hartert & Neumann, 1914 Mountain Buzzard
vEthiopia and South Sudan to N Malawi
Buteo trizonatus 201 Rudebeck, 1957 Forest Buzzard vE and S South Africa
Buteo brachypterus Hartlaub, 1860 Madagascar Buzzard
vMadagascar
Buteo rufinus Long-legged Buzzard
rufinus (Cretzschmar, 1829) αvC Europe to C Asia, south to Pakistan and Kashmir >> N tropical Africa and S Asia
cirtensis (J.J.R. Levaillant, 1850) vN Africa
bannermani Swann, 1919202 Cape Verde Is. socotraensis Porter & Kirwan, 2010203 vSocotra [Porter, 2010 #12363] Buteo hemilasius Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 Upland Buzzard
vC Asia to SE Siberia, south to Ladakh and Xizang
BERMUTEO Olson, 2008 N -
Bermuteo avivorus Olson, 2008 Bermuda Hawk
Bermuda