List of birds of North America (Accipitriformes)
Main article: List of birds of North America
Osprey
Osprey
Order: Accipitriformes Family: Pandionidae
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 LC
Eagles, kites and allies
Northern goshawk
Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes 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 LC
- Barred hawk, Leucopternis princeps LC
- Bicolored hawk, Accipiter bicolor LC
- Black-and-white hawk-eagle, Spizaetus melanoleucus LC
- Black-collared hawk, Busarellus nigricollis LC
- Black hawk-eagle, Spizaetus tyrannus LC
- Booted eagle, Aquila pennata (A) LC
- Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus LC (ssp. brunnescens: E)
- Chinese sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis (A) LC
- Common black hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus LC
- Cooper's hawk, Accipiter cooperii LC
- Crane hawk, Geranospiza caerulescens LC
- Crested eagle, Morphnus guianensis NT
- Cuban black hawk, Buteogallus gundlachii NT
- Double-toothed kite, Harpagus bidentatus LC
- Ferruginous hawk, Buteo regalis LC
- Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos LC
- Grey hawk, Buteo plagiatus (B. nitidus: LC)
- Grey-lined hawk, Buteo nitidus LC
- Gray-headed kite, Leptodon cayanensis LC
- Grey-bellied goshawk, Accipiter poliogaster (A) NT
- Great black hawk, Buteogallus urubitinga LC
- Gundlach's hawk, Accipiter gundlachi EN
- Harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja NT E
- Harris's hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus LC
- Hook-billed kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus LC (C. u. mirus and Cuban kite C. (u.) wilsonii: E)
- Long-winged harrier, Circus buffoni LC
- Mississippi kite, Ictinia mississippiensis LC
- Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis LC
- Northern harrier, Circus cyaneus LC
- Pearl kite, Gampsonyx swainsonii LC
- Ornate hawk-eagle, Spizaetus ornatus NT
- Plumbeous hawk, Leucopternis plumbeus NT
- Plumbeous kite, Ictinia plumbea LC
- Red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus LC
- Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis LC
- Ridgway's hawk, Buteo ridgwayi CR
- Roadside hawk, Buteo magnirostris LC
- Rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus LC
- Rufous crab hawk, Buteogallus aequinoctialis (A) NT
- Savanna hawk, Buteogallus meridionalis LC
- Semiplumbeous hawk, Leucopternis semiplumbeus LC
- Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus LC (Accipiter striatus venator A. s. venator: E)
- Short-tailed hawk, Buteo brachyurus LC
- Slender-billed kite, Helicolestes hamatus LC
- Snail kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis LC (ssp. plumbeus: E)
- Solitary eagle, Harpyhaliaetus solitarius NT
- Steller's sea eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus (C) VU
- Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni LC
- Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus LC
- Tiny hawk, Accipiter superciliosus LC
- Western marsh harrier, Circus aeruginosus (A) LC
- White hawk, Leucopternis albicollis LC
- White-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla (C) LC (ssp. groenlandicus: E)
- White-tailed hawk, Buteo albicaudatus LC
- White-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus LC
- Zone-tailed hawk, Buteo albonotatus LC
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