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Chapter Outline
- Description of Aves
- Classification of Aves
- Palaeognathae
- Neognathae
- Neoaves I
- Neoaves II
- NeoavesIII
- Neoaves IV
- Telluraves
- Coraciimorphae
- Australaves
- Passeriformes
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Telluraves would be the fifth grouping of Neoaves, after the previous four sections. This page focuses on two of the orders that have traditionally been known as birds of prey. Falconiformes is also an order of birds of prey but that order is more closely-related to the birds in section 37-XI than to the birds on this page.
- Telluraves
- Strigiformes - Owls
- Accipitrimorphae
- Accipitriformes - Hawks and Eagles
- Coraciimorphae [37-X]
- Australaves [37-XI and 37-XII]
The order of Owls. As of 2024, 23 species of Strigiformes have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 231 throughout the world.
- FAMILY STRIGIDAE
- Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus) - 9 (Big Bend), Eastern Nevada - 10/13/2023 (road kill)
- Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) - 6 (Pawnee NG, Omaha & St. Louis Zoos - 7/25/2022), 9 (Big Bend)
- Eagle Owls and Horned Owls (Bubo)
- Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) - KC Zoo - 4/28/2017
- Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) - 10 (Chesapeake, Assateague), Tulsa Zoo
- Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) - most iNat observations in the US for Strigiformes - 6 (Quivira NWR - 9/16/2021), 9 (Big Bend, Chiricahua, Saguaro, White Sands)
- Northern Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) - 9 (Big Bend, Chiricahua)
- Screech Owls (Megascops)
- Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) - 2 (Smokies, Everglades), 6 (Omaha Zoo - 6/29/2006), 10 (Chesapeake, NYC)
- Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) - 9 (Big Bend, Chiricahua, Saguaro)
- Whiskered Screech Owl (Megascops trichopsis) - 9 (Chiricahua)
- Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi) - 9 (Chiricahua, Saguaro)
- Flammulated Owl (Psiloscops flammeolus) - 9 (Big Bend)
- Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) - 6 (St. Louis Zoo), Tulsa Zoo
- Wood Owls (Strix)
- Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) - 1 (Yellowstone)
- Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) - 5 (Olympic, Redwoods)
- Barred Owl (Strix varia) - 5 (Olympic, Redwoods), 6 (Perry Lake - 1/13/2018)
- FAMILY TYTONIDAE
- Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - 6 (KC Zoo - 11/4/2005)
- American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata) - 9 (Chiricahua)
The order of Hawks, Eagles, Kites and allies. As of 2024, 35 species of Accipitriformes have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 252 throughout the world.
- FAMILY ACCIPITRIDAE
- Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) - 9 (throughout), Shawnee County, Kansas - 2/2/2023
- Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) - 9 (Big Bend, Carlsbad, Chiricahua, Saguaro)
- Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) - 6 (St. Louis and Denver Zoos)
- Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) - 9 (Big Bend, White Sands, Chiricahua, ABQ Biopark)
- Buteos (Buteo)
- Zone-Tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) - 9 (Chiricahua - 3/27/2025, throughout)
- Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - 9 (throughout) Kansas - 1/23/2022
- Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) - Perry Lake, KS
- Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus) - 9 (Big Bend, Chiricahua)
- Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) - 9 (Big Bend, Carlsbad)
- Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) - 9 (Big Bend, Saguaro, Carlsbad)
- Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) - 9 (Big Bend, White Sands, Saguaro), 6 (Quivira)
- Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) - 9 (ABQ Biopark)
- Ruppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppellii) - Cincinnati Zoo - 8/2/2023
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) - 1 (Yellowstone), Perry Lake, KS
- Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) - ABQ Biopark - 8/30/2020
- Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) - 9 (Big Bend)
- Bataleur Eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) - KC & St. Louis Zoos - 7/25/2022
- Lappet-Faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) - KC & Albuquerque Zoos - 2/27/2022
- FAMILY CATHARTIDAE
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) - Kansas (Perry & Kanopolis Lakes), Omaha Zoo - 5/1/2022
- King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) - SCZ & St. Louis Zoos - 7/25/2022
- Andean Condor (Sci) - 9 (ABQ Biopark)
- FAMILY PANDIONIDAE
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- FAMILY SAGITTARIIDAE
- Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) - KC Zoo - 11/4/2005
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