ORDER: Falconiformes
(Vultures, Ospreys, Hawks, Falcons)
Family Name Subfamily Name Scientific Name Common Name
Cathartidae N/A Coragyps atratus
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Pandionidae N/A Pandion haliaetus Osprey
Accipitridae Elaninae & Milvinae




Accipitrinae




Buteoninae












Circinae
Ictinia mississippiensis
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Elanoides forficatus
Elanus leucurus

Accipiter gentilis
Accipiter striatus
Accipiter cooperii
Haliaeetus albicilla

Buteo jamaicensis
Buteo lineatus
Buteo platypterus
Buteo swainsoni
Buteo brachyurus
Buteo lagopus
Buteo regalis
Aquila chrysaetos
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Parabuteo unicinctus
Buteo albicaudatus
Buteo albonotatus

Circus cyaneus
Mississippi Kite
Snail Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite

Northern Goshawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
White-tailed Eagle

Red-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk

Northern Harrier
Falconidae Caracarinae

Falconinae
Caracara plancus

Falco sparverius
Falco tinnunculus
Falco rusticolus
Falco columbarius
Falco peregrinus
Falco mexicanus
Crested Caracara

American Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Gyrfalcon
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon