Order Falconiformes (Birds of Prey)

Red-tailed Hawk or Redtail (Buteo jamaicensis)
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Families of the Order Falconiformes (Birds of Prey or Raptors)

• Cathartidae (New World vultures, American vultures)
• Pandionidae (Osprey, Fish Hawk)
• Accipitridae (hawks, eagles, kites and allies)
  Subfamilies:
  • Elaninae (kites in part)
  • Milvinae (kites in part)
  • Accipitrinae (accipiters, bird hawks)
  • Circinae (harriers)
  • Buteoninae (buteos or buzzard hawks and eagles)
• Sagittariidae (Secretary Bird)
• Falconidae (falcons and caracaras)
  Subfamilies:
  • Caracarinae (caracaras)
  • Falconinae (falcons)

• Bernard, Raimar. 1993. Vogelnamen englisch-deutsch-latein: mit einer Einführung in die Systematik der Vögel. Aula: Wiesbaden. 267 pages.
• Peterson, Roger Tory. 1980. A Field Guide to the Birds East of the Rockies. Houghton Mifflin: Boston. 384 pages.

• Raptor Center at University of Minnesota
• Yahoo!: Raptors

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