List of birds of North America (Accipitriformes)

The birds listed below all belong to the biological order Accipitriformes, and are native to 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.

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.

gollark: That's actually mathematics and not programming.
gollark: That file is ominously big.
gollark: Where would you place yourself on this programmer class diagram then?
gollark: Use Haskell. No stack limit.
gollark: So just count the stack frames, and if it goes over a thousand or something, store them elsewhere and move them back later somehow.

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