Identification Guides – BIRDS

NEW WORLD VULTURES, HAWKS and EAGLES and FALCONS (Order Falconiformes)
– Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Black Vultures watching over me - Barataria Preserve near New Orleans
– Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Turkey Vulture
– California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
Grand Canyon South Rim - California Condor
– Osprey (Pansion haliaetus)
Osprey (Pansion haliaetus)

Osprey and Fish
– Hook-billed Kite (Chondohierax uncinatus)
– Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
– White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
– Snail Kite (Rostrhamus scoialibis)
– Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
– Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
– Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
– Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
– Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Cooper's Hawk - Juvenile
– Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
– Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
– Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
– Gray Hawk (Buteo nitidus)
– Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo linneatus)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo linneatus)
– Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo pltypterus)
– Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
– Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
– White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus)
– Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)
– Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)


– Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
– Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
– Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
– Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
– American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
American Kestrel - Talbot Trail, Ontario
– Merlin (Flaco columbarius)
– Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
– Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)


– Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
– Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)

AFRICAN ACCIPITORS
– Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
– Juvenile Gabar Goshawk (Melierax gabar)

– Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)

– Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
– Augur Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus)
Augur Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus)
– Ruppell’s Vulture (Gyps ruppellii)

– White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus: Gyps bengalensis)
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus: Gyps bengalensis)
– Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)

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