Forests are home to the swift, aggressive Accipiters such as the Sharp-shinned Hawk, while the Bald Eagle reigns along lakes, rivers, and coasts. While the swamps provide habitat for Red-shouldered Hawks and Swallow-tailed Kites, soaring hawks of the genus Buteo and the Golden Eagle hunt the tundra and other non-forest habitats. Juveniles tend to have brown, streaked plumage and can take a few years before they resemble adults.Ī variety of niches in North America have been filled by members of this family found from the tundra to the southern bottomland swamps. Plumages are cast in browns, grays, and black, many species with barred or pale underparts and a few species with entirely dark plumage. The Accipitridae are devoid of bright colors except for yellow in the bills and feet. Tactics for catching prey vary among species and are reflected by the structure of the bird Sharp-shinned Hawks have short wings and a long tail for catching birds in dense vegetation, Red-tailed Hawks have long, broad wings and a short tail for prolonged soaring, and the kites have long, thin wings and long tails for catching insects during flight. Some species, such as the Northern Goshawk and Golden Eagle, are capable of taking prey that approaches them in size.Īll members of this family share a hooked raptorial beak for tearing flesh, and long sharp talons on strong feet for grasping and killing their prey. Members of the Accipitridae are known for their strength and predatory prowess. This large family includes various hawks, the more delicate kites, and the national bird of the United States of America, the Bald Eagle. The Accipitridae in North America are represented by fifty-four species in twenty-four genera. Raptors such as hawks, eagles, and kites, and are members of the Accipitridae (pronounced ak-sip-IT-ruh-dee) a globally distributed family of two hundred and forty-nine species in sixty-five genera. The five bird families of the taxonomic order FALCONIFORMES (pronounced fal-kon-ih-FOR-meez) include raptors such as hawks, eagles, vultures, and the Osprey (it should be noted that these birds are alternately classified in an order named ACCIPITRIFORMES (pronounced ak-sip-it-ruh-FOR-meez) by some ornithological authorities).
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