The world's most endangered falcons, eagles, hawks and allies
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species evaluates the conservation status of plant and animal species. The list is based on scientific assessment of an organism's status by experts.
Conservation status of the world's falcons, eagles, hawks and allies
Species comprising the chart above include:
| Family | Scientific name | Common name(s) | Red List status | Population trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FALCONIDAE | Caracara lutosa | Guadalupe Caracara | EX | |
| FALCONIDAE | Falco duboisi | Reunion Kestrel, Réunion Kestrel | EX | |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Buteo ridgwayi | Hispaniolan Hawk, Ridgway's Hawk | CR | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Chondrohierax wilsonii | Cuban Kite | CR | decreasing |
| CATHARTIDAE | Gymnogyps californianus | California Condor | CR | increasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Gyps bengalensis | Asian White-backed Vulture, Oriental White-backed Vulture, White-backed Vulture, White-rumped Vulture | CR | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Gyps indicus | Indian Vulture, Long-billed Vulture | CR | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Gyps tenuirostris | Slender-billed Vulture | CR | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Haliaeetus vociferoides | Madagascar Fish-eagle, Madagascar Fish Eagle, Madagascar Fish-Eagle | CR | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Leptodon forbesi | White-collared Kite | CR | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Nisaetus floris | Flores Hawk-eagle, Flores Hawk-Eagle | CR | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Pithecophaga jefferyi | Great Philippine Eagle, Monkey-eating Eagle, Philippine Eagle | CR | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Sarcogyps calvus | Indian Black Vulture, Pondicherry Vulture, Red-headed Vulture | CR | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter gundlachi | Gundlach's Hawk | EN | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Circus maillardi | Malagasy Marsh Harrier, Reunion Harrier, Réunion Harrier | EN | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Eutriorchis astur | Madagascar Serpent-eagle, Madagascar Serpent Eagle, Madagascar Serpent-Eagle | EN | decreasing |
| FALCONIDAE | Falco cherrug | Saker, Saker Falcon | EN | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Gyps africanus | White-backed Vulture | EN | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Gyps rueppellii | Rueppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Vulture, Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Ruppell's Vulture, Rüppell's Vulture | EN | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Harpyhaliaetus coronatus | Crowned Eagle, Crowned Solitary Eagle | EN | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Leucopternis occidentalis | Gray-backed Hawk, Grey-backed Hawk | EN | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Necrosyrtes monachus | Hooded Vulture | EN | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Neophron percnopterus | Egyptian Eagle, Egyptian Vulture | EN | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Nisaetus bartelsi | Javan Hawk-eagle, Javan Hawk-Eagle | EN | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter brachyurus | Grey Sparrowhawk, New Britain Sparrowhawk | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter butleri | Nicobar Shikra, Nicobar Sparrowhawk | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter imitator | Imitator Goshawk, Imitator Sparrowhawk | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter luteoschistaceus | Slaty-backed Goshawk, Slaty-mantled Goshawk, Slaty-mantled Sparrowhawk | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter princeps | New Britain Goshawk | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Aquila adalberti | Adalbert's Eagle, Spanish Eagle, Spanish Imperial Eagle | VU | increasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Aquila clanga | Greater Spotted Eagle, Spotted Eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Aquila hastata | Indian Spotted Eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Aquila heliaca | Asian Imperial Eagle, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Imperial Eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Buteo galapagoensis | Galapagos Hawk, Galápagos Hawk | VU | stable |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Buteo socotraensis | Socotra Buzzard | VU | stable |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Circaetus beaudouini | Beaudouin's Snake-eagle, Beaudouin's Snake Eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Circus macrosceles | Madagascar Harrier | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Circus maurus | Black Harrier | VU | stable |
| FALCONIDAE | Falco araea | Seychelles Kestrel | VU | stable |
| FALCONIDAE | Falco hypoleucos | Grey Falcon | VU | stable |
| FALCONIDAE | Falco punctatus | Mauritius Kestrel | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Gyps coprotheres | Cape Griffon, Cape Vulture | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | Band-tailed Fish-eagle, Pallas's Fish-eagle, Pallas's Fish Eagle, Pallas's Sea-Eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Haliaeetus pelagicus | Steller's Sea-eagle, Steller's Sea Eagle, Steller's Sea-Eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Haliaeetus sanfordi | Forest Fish Eagle, Sanford's Fish-Eagle, Sanford's Sea-eagle, Solomon Fish-eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Harpyopsis novaeguineae | New Guinea Eagle, Papuan Eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Henicopernis infuscatus | Black Honey-buzzard, Black Honey Buzzard, New Britain Honey-buzzard | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Leucopternis lacernulatus | White-necked Hawk | VU | decreasing |
| FALCONIDAE | Micrastur plumbeus | Plumbeous Forest-falcon, Plumbeous Forest Falcon, Plumbeous Forest-Falcon | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Nisaetus nanus | Wallace's Hawk-eagle, Wallace's Hawk-Eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Nisaetus philippensis | Philippine Hawk-eagle, Philippine Hawk-Eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Sagittarius serpentarius | Secretarybird, Secretary Bird | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Spilornis kinabaluensis | Kinabalu Serpent-eagle, Mountain Serpent-eagle, Mountain Serpent Eagle, Mountain Serpent-Eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Spizaetus isidori | Black-and-chestnut Eagle, Isidor's Eagle | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Torgos tracheliotos | Lappet-faced Vulture | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Trigonoceps occipitalis | White-headed Vulture | VU | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter collaris | Semi-collared Hawk, Semicollared Hawk, Semi-collared Sparrowhawk | NT | stable |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter haplochrous | White-bellied Goshawk | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter henstii | Henst's Goshawk | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter madagascariensis | Madagascar Sparrowhawk | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter nanus | Dwarf Sparrowhawk, Small Sparrowhawk | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Accipiter poliogaster | Gray-bellied Hawk, Grey-bellied Goshawk, Grey-bellied Hawk | NT | increasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Aegypius monachus | Black Vulture, Cinereous Vulture, Eurasian Black Vulture | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Aquila gurneyi | Gurney's Eagle | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Buteo solitarius | Hawaiian Hawk | NT | stable |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Buteo ventralis | Rufous-tailed Hawk | NT | stable |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Buteogallus gundlachii | Cuban Black Hawk, Cuban Black-Hawk | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Circaetus fasciolatus | Fasciated Snake-Eagle, Southern Banded Snake-eagle, Southern Banded Snake Eagle | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Circus macrourus | Pale Harrier, Pallid Harrier | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Elanus scriptus | Letter-winged Kite | NT | stable |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Erythrotriorchis radiatus | Red Goshawk | NT | decreasing |
| FALCONIDAE | Falco concolor | Sooty Falcon | NT | decreasing |
| FALCONIDAE | Falco deiroleucus | Orange-breasted Falcon | NT | decreasing |
| FALCONIDAE | Falco fasciinucha | Taita Falcon, Teita Falcon | NT | stable |
| FALCONIDAE | Falco jugger | Laggar Falcon | NT | decreasing |
| FALCONIDAE | Falco novaeseelandiae | New Zealand Falcon | NT | decreasing |
| FALCONIDAE | Falco vespertinus | Red-footed Falcon, Western Red-footed Falcon | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Harpia harpyja | American Harpy Eagle, Harpy Eagle | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Harpyhaliaetus solitarius | Black Solitary Eagle, Montane Solitary Eagle, Solitary Eagle | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Ichthyophaga humilis | Lesser Fish-eagle, Lesser Fish Eagle, Lesser Fish-Eagle, Lesser Fishing Eagle | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus | Grey-headed Fish-eagle, Grey-headed Fish Eagle, Grey-headed Fish-Eagle, Grey-headed Fishing Eagle | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Leucopternis plumbeus | Plumbeous Hawk | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Leucopternis polionotus | Mantled Hawk | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Megatriorchis doriae | Doria's Goshawk | NT | decreasing |
| FALCONIDAE | Microhierax latifrons | Bornean Falconet, White-fronted Falconet | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Milvus milvus | Red Kite | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Morphnus guianensis | Crested Eagle, Guianan Crested Eagle | NT | decreasing |
| FALCONIDAE | Phalcoboenus australis | Forster's Caracara, Striated Caracara | NT | stable |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Polemaetus bellicosus | Martial Eagle | NT | decreasing |
| FALCONIDAE | Polihierax insignis | Fielden's Falconet, White-rumped Falcon, White-rumped Falconet | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Spilornis elgini | Andaman Serpent-eagle, Andaman Serpent Eagle, Andaman Serpent-Eagle, Dark Serpent-eagle | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Spilornis klossi | South Nicobar Serpent-eagle | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Spizaetus ornatus | Ornate Hawk-eagle, Ornate Hawk-Eagle | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Crowned Eagle, Crowned Hawk-eagle, Crowned Hawk-Eagle | NT | decreasing |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Terathopius ecaudatus | Bateleur | NT | decreasing |
| CATHARTIDAE | Vultur gryphus | Andean Condor | NT | decreasing |
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Least concern species are excluded from this list
birds-falcons chart is available at here. This table and chart was last updated on August 8, 2012, based on data downloaded from the IUCN Red List site. For a species profile, click on its scientific name.
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