Raptors of the world

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Squawk

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After Dean’s great kingfisher thread I wondered how many raptors this group could come up with. Please post, but please also add the name and location.
I'll keep a list:

1. Bat hawk (macheiramphus alcinus)2. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)3. Wedge Tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
4. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)5. White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)6. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
7. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)8. Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)9. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
10. White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)11. Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)12. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
13. Gray-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)14. Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)15. Whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
16. Black wing kite (Elanus caeruleus)17. Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur)18. Galapagos Hawk ( Buteo galapagoensis ) Vulnerable
19. Broad-winged Hawk ( Buteo Platypterus )20. Tawny Eagle ( Aquila rapax ) Vulnerable21. Galapagos Short-eared Owl ( Asio flammeus galapagoensis)
22. Bateleur Eagle ( Terathopius ecaudatus ) Endangered23. California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) Critically Endangered24. Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
25. Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) Critically Endangered26. African Fish Eagle ( Haliaeetus vociferous)27. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
28. American kestrel (Falco sparverius)29. Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)30.Lapped-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) Endangered
31. Verreauxs' Eagle (Aquila verreauxii)32. African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus)33. Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) Endangered
34. African Crowned Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) Near Threatened35. Brown Snake Eagle (Circaetus cinereus)35. Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus)
37. White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) Critically Endangered38. Merlin (Falco columbarius)39. Barred owl (Strix varia)
40. Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)41. Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) Vulnerable42. Ruppells Vulture (Gyps ruepelli) Critically Endangered
43. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)44. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)45. Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
46. Southern Banded Snake-Eagle (Circaetus fasciolatus) Near Threatened47. Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)48. Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
49. Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) Near Threatened50. Black Breasted Snake Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)51. Steppe Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
52. Red Kite (Milvus milvus)53. Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus)54. Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
55. Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis)56. Pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)57. African scops owl (Otus senegalensis)
58. Southern white-faced owl (Ptilopsis granti)59. African barred owlet (Glaucidium capense)60. Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)

61 Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)62. Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)63. Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa)
64. Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)65. Powerful owl (Ninox strenua)66. Marsh Owl (Asio capensis)
67. Pearl-spotted Owlet, Glaucidium perlatum68. Spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus)69. African wood owl (Strix woodfordii)
70. Cape Eagle-Owl (Bubo capensis)70. Verreaux's eagle-owl (Bubo lacteus)71. Gabar Goshawk (Melierax gabar)
72. Dark Chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates)73. African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro)74. Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
75. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)76. Northern Saw-Whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)77. Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) Endangered
78. Lizard Buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus)79. Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) Endangered80. Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
81. Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)82. Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)83. Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
84. White-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) Critically Endangered85. Booted Eagle (Aquila pennatus)86. Pel's fishing owl (Scotopelia peli)
87. Australian Hobby ( Falco longipennis )
88. Ayres's Hawk-eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii)89. African Hawk-Eagle (Aquila spilogaster)
90. Sparrow Hawk (Accipiter nisus )91. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)92. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Africa 48, America 28, Aus 11, Eu 7, Others 3

Thanks everyone for some amazing shots
 
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I’ll start with a bat hawk (macheiramphus alcinus) from my garden in Nairobi as it’s not so easy to find. Not my proudest picture but I’ve only seen this bird twice so you get what you can. 800mm iso320, 1/100s, f8 (yes, I know – way too small, but I was way too excited)
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ruley74 said:
Another Raptor that is found in may regions of the world, the Black Kite.
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Ours has been renamed yellow billed kite (North Africa kept the black kite label). It's my practice BIF bird and I've always struggled with the exposure. I've seen over 50 in one place when there's a free meal. There was one rescue - release bird that thought the best game was to sneak up behind people and tap them on the head. Not popular with some people.
 
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Sacramento County California
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Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) with coot prey, Yolo County California
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Sacramento County California
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), Sacramento County California
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White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus), Glenn County California
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Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis), Sierra County California
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Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius), Yolo County California
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Gray-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus), Okinawa Japan
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Sacramento County California
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Squawk said:
After Dean’s great kingfisher thread I wondered how many raptors this group could come up with. Please post, but please also add the name and location.
I'll keep a list:
1. bat hawk (macheiramphus alcinus)
2. Osprey
3. Wedge Tailed Eagle
4. Black Kite
5. White-bellied Sea Eagle
6. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
7. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
8. Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
9. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
10. White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
11. Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
12. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
13. Gray-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
14. Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
15. whistling kite
16. black wing kite
17. Augur Buzzard
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Hi all.

Here is the Galapagos Hawk, found only in the Galapagos Islands. ( Buteo galapagoensis )

D3S w/80-400 f/4.5-5.6 @ 400mm
f/8, 1/400 sec, iso 400

JIM

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Squawk said:
After Dean’s great kingfisher thread I wondered how many raptors this group could come up with. Please post, but please also add the name and location.
I'll keep a list:
1. bat hawk (macheiramphus alcinus)
2. Osprey
3. Wedge Tailed Eagle
4. Black Kite
5. White-bellied Sea Eagle
6. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
7. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
8. Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
9. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
10. White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
11. Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
12. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
13. Gray-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
14. Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
15. whistling kite
16. black wing kite
17. Augur Buzzard
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Hi all.

Here is a Tawny Eagle shot in Tanzania, Africa. ( Aquila rapax ) This one has a broken wing.

D700 w/ 70-200 f/2.8 @ 200mm
f/5.6, 1/160 sec, iso 200

JIM

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Squawk said:
After Dean’s great kingfisher thread I wondered how many raptors this group could come up with. Please post, but please also add the name and location.
I'll keep a list:
1. bat hawk (macheiramphus alcinus)
2. Osprey
3. Wedge Tailed Eagle
4. Black Kite
5. White-bellied Sea Eagle
6. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
7. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
8. Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
9. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
10. White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
11. Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
12. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
13. Gray-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
14. Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
15. whistling kite
16. black wing kite
17. Augur Buzzard
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Hi all.

Lest we forget the Owls, here is the Galapagos Short-eared Owl ( Asio flammeus galapagoensis) found only in the Galapagos Islands.

D3S w/80-400 f/4.5-5.6 @ 400mm
f/8, 1/400sec, iso 800

JIM

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