List of North American birds (Accipitriformes)
Order: Accipitriformes. Family: Cathartidae
The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carcasses.
- Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus
- California Condor, Gymnogyps californianus (and )
- King Vulture, Sarcoramphus papa
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Cathartes burrovianus
- Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura
Osprey
Order: Accipitriformes. Family: Pandionidae
The family Pandionidae is a family of fish-eating birds of prey, possessing a very large, powerful hooked beak for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. The family is monotypic.
- Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Eagles, kites and allies
Order: Accipitriformes. Family: Accipitridae
The family Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and include hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight.
- Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Barred Hawk, Leucopternis princeps
- Bicolored Hawk, Accipiter bicolor
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle, Spizaetus melanoleucus
- Black-collared Hawk, Busarellus nigricollis
- Black Hawk-Eagle, Spizaetus tyrannus
- Booted Eagle, Aquila pennata (A)
- Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus (ssp. brunnescens: )
- Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis (A)
- Common Black Hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus
- Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii
- Crane Hawk, Geranospiza caerulescens
- Crested Eagle, Morphnus guianensis
- Cuban Black Hawk, Buteogallus gundlachii
- Double-toothed Kite, Harpagus bidentatus
- Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis
- Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
- Grey Hawk, Buteo plagiatus
- Grey-lined Hawk, Buteo nitidus
- Gray-headed Kite, Leptodon cayanensis
- Grey-bellied Goshawk, Accipiter poliogaster (A)
- Great Black Hawk, Buteogallus urubitinga
- Gundlach's Hawk, Accipiter gundlachi
- Harpy Eagle, Harpia harpyja
- Harris's Hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus
- Hook-billed Kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus (C. u. mirus and Cuban Kite C. (u.) wilsonii: )
- Long-winged Harrier, Circus buffoni
- Mississippi Kite, Ictinia mississippiensis
- Northern Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
- Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus
- Pearl Kite, Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle, Spizaetus ornatus
- Plumbeous Hawk, Leucopternis plumbeus
- Plumbeous Kite, Ictinia plumbea
- Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
- Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
- Ridgway's Hawk, Buteo ridgwayi
- Roadside Hawk, Buteo magnirostris
- Rough-legged Hawk, Buteo lagopus
- Rufous Crab Hawk, Buteogallus aequinoctialis (A)
- Savanna Hawk, Buteogallus meridionalis
- Semiplumbeous Hawk, Leucopternis semiplumbeus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus (Accipiter striatus venator A. s. venator: )
- Short-tailed Hawk, Buteo brachyurus
- Slender-billed Kite, Helicolestes hamatus
- Snail Kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis (ssp. plumbeus: )
- Solitary Eagle, Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
- Steller's Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus (C)
- Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni
- Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanoides forficatus
- Tiny Hawk, Accipiter superciliosus
- Western Marsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus (A)
- White Hawk, Leucopternis albicollis
- White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla (C) (ssp. groenlandicus: )
- White-tailed Hawk, Buteo albicaudatus
- White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus
- Zone-tailed Hawk, Buteo albonotatus