![]() It is a rare and declining endemic to Australia that probably deserves a threatened status. It is, therefore, the equivalent in Australia of Polyboroides (harrier+hawks) of Africa and Geranospiza (Crane Hawk) of the Americas. This kite superficially recalls Milvus and Haliastur but it is specialised in hunting small birds, especially young ones in the nest as well as their eggs. Its range is limited to Australia where it is uncommon and tends to decrease.īlack-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon – SP, E (Australia) Unlike previous and next genera, it is an opportunistic and powerful hunter and scavenger. This is a very distinct genus within Perninae subfamily. Philippine Honey-Buzzard Pernis steerei – SPECIAL T., E (Philippines) * Crested Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus – NAīarred Honey-Buzzard Pernis celebensis – SPECIAL T., E (Indonesia) It is a genus very widespread in the Old World but being only a winter visitor into Africa Those 4 (or 5) species forms a clade that doesn’t include the other honey-buzzards ( Henicopernis). Barred and Philippine Honey-Buzzard were considered conspecific in the past. It might deserve a status of monotypic species. Taxon orientalis, once included in Pernis apivorus, as it looks very similar, is widely accepted to be more closely related to Pernis ptilorhynchus despite different shape (such the lack of crest) and behaviour (it is a long distance migrant). White-collared Kite Leptodon forbesi – SPECIAL T, ENDAN, E (Brazil) Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis – NA It is restricted to the Neotropics, and White-collared Kite is a very rare endemic to North-East Brazil. Two species were formerly lumped in one, but they are actually very distinct, enough that a suggestion they might not even belong to the same genus was sometimes raised. This genus doesn’t look so special at first sight, but genetic place it as sister to Chondrohierax. Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus – NAĬuban Kite Chondrohierax wilsoni – SPECIAL T., CRIT., E (Cuba) ![]() Taxa within the species are sometimes split or lumped, such the Cuban Kite, one of the rarest raptor on Earth, that is sometimes considered as a sub-species of Hook-billed Kite.Ĭhondrohierax is mainly restricted to the Neotropics, marginally reaching the Nearctic region, North to extreme southern Texas (USA). This is another very distinctive genus with unusual morphology. Madagascan Serpent-Eagle Eutriorchis astur – SP T, ENDAN, EN. It is a rare and declining endemic to Madagascar. It seems vaguely related to honey-buzzards, thus placed in Perninae sub-family with the following 8 genera. This is very distinctive species whose position in the list was long disputed. It is still a weak species that might be soon threatened.īearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus – SPECIAL TARGET It did not decrease as dramatically as most vulture species, but partly thanks to conservation and reintroduction efforts in Europe. Its range is big but very fragmented and populations are low. Genetics found is sister with Neophron, but it is still a very distinct, monotypic genus. This bird is unique in morphology and behaviour and affinities were long disputed.
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