List of Accipitriformes by population Estimated counts and status of hawks, eagles, vultures, and Allie's
This is a list of Accipitriformes species by global population . While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology . For the sake of the argument and their small species diversity, the family Cathartidae will be included in this list
This list is incomprehensive, as not all Accipitriformes have had their numbers quantified.
Species by global population
Common name
Binomial name
Population
Status
Trend
Notes
Image
Cuban kite
Chondrohierax wilsonii
70 – 400 [ 1]
CR [ 1]
[ 1]
White-collared kite
Leptodon forbesi
70 – 400 [ 2]
EN [ 2]
[ 2]
Flores hawk-eagle
Nisaetus floris
150 – 300 [ 3]
CR [ 3]
[ 3]
Ridgway's hawk
Buteo ridgwayi
200 – 300 [ 4]
CR [ 4]
[ 4]
Madagascar serpent eagle
Eutriorchis astur
250 – 650 [ 5]
EN [ 5]
[ 5]
Philippine eagle
Pithecophaga jefferyi
250 – 750 [ 6]
CR [ 6]
[ 6]
Chaco eagle
Buteogallus coronatus
250 – 999 [ 7]
EN [ 7]
[ 7]
Rufous-tailed hawk
Buteo ventralis
250 – 999 [ 8]
VU [ 8]
[ 8]
Socotra buzzard
Buteo socotraensis
350 – 999 [ 9]
VU [ 9]
[ 9]
Crowned solitary eagle
Harpyhaliaetus coronatus
350 – 1500 [ 10]
EN [ 10]
[ 10]
Grey-backed hawk
Pseudastur occidentalis
350 – 1500 [ 11]
EN [ 11]
[ 11]
Imitator goshawk
Accipiter imitator
350 – 1500 [ 12]
VU [ 12]
[ 12]
Sanford's sea eagle
Haliaeetus sanfordi
350 – 1500 [ 13]
VU [ 13]
[ 13]
Madagascar fish eagle
Haliaeetus vociferoides
360 [ 14]
CR [ 14]
[ 14]
Gundlach's hawk
Accipiter gundlachi
400 [ 15]
EN [ 15]
[ 15]
Galapagos hawk
Buteo galapagoensis
400 – 500 [ 16]
VU [ 16]
[ 16]
Spanish imperial eagle
Aquila adalberti
450 – 600 [ 17]
VU [ 17]
[ 17]
Malagasy harrier
Circus macrosceles
400 – 750 [ 18]
VU [ 18]
[ 18]
Numbers may be overestimated.[ 18]
California condor
Gymnogyps californianus
435 [ 19]
CR [ 19]
[ 19]
Réunion harrier
Circus maillardi
500 [ 20]
EN [ 20]
[ 20]
Pinsker's hawk-eagle
Nisaetus pinskeri
600 – 800 [ 21]
EN [ 21]
[ 21]
Javan hawk-eagle
Nisaetus bartelsi
600 – 900 [ 22]
EN [ 22]
[ 22]
Mountain buzzard
Buteo oreophilus
670 – 6 700 [ 23]
NT [ 23]
[ 23]
Red goshawk
Erythrotriorchis radiatus
900 – 1,400 [ 24]
EN [ 24]
[ 24]
Black harrier
Circus maurus
1000 – 1500 [ 25]
VU [ 25]
[ 25]
Solitary eagle
Buteogallus solitarius
1000 – 2499 [ 26]
NT [ 26]
[ 26]
Philippine hawk-eagle
Nisaetus philippensis
1000 – 2499 [ 27]
VU [ 27]
[ 27]
Henst's goshawk
Accipiter henstii
1000 – 3000 [ 28]
NT [ 28]
[ 28]
Southern banded snake eagle
Circaetus fasciolatus
1000 – 3000 [ 29]
NT [ 29]
[ 29]
Ayres's hawk-eagle
Hieraaetus ayresii
1000 – 10 000 [ 30]
LC [ 30]
[ 30]
Barred hawk
Morphnarchus princeps
1000 – 10 000 [ 31]
LC [ 31]
[ 31]
Barred honey buzzard
Pernis celebensis
1000 – 10 000 [ 32]
LC [ 32]
[ 32]
Bat hawk
Macheiramphus alcinus
1000 – 10 000 [ 33]
LC [ 33]
[ 33]
Black-breasted buzzard
Hamirostra melanosternon
1000 – 10 000 [ 34]
LC [ 34]
[ 34]
Black falcon
Falco subniger
1000 – 10 000 [ 35]
LC [ 35]
[ 35]
Black-mantled goshawk
Accipiter melanochlamys
1000 – 10 000 [ 36]
LC [ 36]
[ 36]
Cassin's hawk-eagle
Aquila africanus
1000 – 10 000 [ 37]
LC [ 37]
[ 37]
Crested eagle
Morphnus guianensis
1000 – 10 000 [ 38]
NT [ 38]
[ 38]
Fiji goshawk
Accipiter rufitorques
1000 – 10 000 [ 39]
NT [ 39]
[ 39]
Grey-bellied hawk
Accipiter poliogaster
1000 – 10 000 [ 40]
NT [ 40]
[ 40]
Jerdon's baza
Aviceda jerdoni
1000 – 10 000 [ 41]
LC [ 41]
[ 41]
King vulture
Sarcoramphus papa
1000 – 10 000 [ 42]
LC [ 42]
[ 42]
Letter-winged kite
Elanus scriptus
1000 – 10 000 [ 43]
NT [ 43]
[ 43]
Population subject to extreme fluctuations within this band.[ 43]
Madagascar harrier-hawk
Polyboroides radiatus
1000 – 10 000 [ 44]
LC [ 44]
[ 44]
Meyer's goshawk
Accipiter meyerianus
1000 – 10 000 [ 45]
LC [ 45]
[ 45]
Moluccan goshawk
Accipiter henicogrammus
1000 – 10 000 [ 46]
LC [ 46]
[ 46]
Pied goshawk
Accipiter albogularis
1000 – 10 000 [ 47]
LC [ 47]
[ 47]
Rufous-bellied hawk-eagle
Lophotriorchis kienerii
1000 – 10 000 [ 48]
LC [ 48]
[ 48]
Rufous-necked sparrowhawk
Accipiter erythrauchen
1000 – 10 000 [ 49]
LC [ 49]
[ 49]
Rufous-winged buzzard
Butastur liventer
1000 – 10 000 [ 50]
LC [ 50]
[ 50]
Semiplumbeous hawk
Leucopternis semiplumbeus
1000 – 10 000 [ 51]
LC [ 51]
[ 51]
Slender-billed kite
Helicolestes hamatus
1000 – 10 000 [ 52]
LC [ 52]
[ 52]
Square-tailed kite
Lophoictinia isura
1000 – 10 000 [ 53]
LC [ 53]
[ 53]
Sulawesi hawk-eagle
Nisaetus lanceolatus
1000 – 10 000 [ 54]
LC [ 54]
[ 54]
Tiny hawk
Accipiter superciliosus
1000 – 10 000 [ 55]
LC [ 55]
[ 55]
Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk
Accipiter rhodogaster
1000 – 10 000 [ 56]
LC [ 56]
[ 56]
White-bellied sea eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
1000 – 10 000 [ 57]
LC [ 57]
[ 57]
White-throated caracara
Phalcoboenus albogularis
1000 – 10 000 [ 58]
LC [ 58]
[ 58]
White-throated hawk
Buteo albigula
1000 – 10 000 [ 59]
LC [ 59]
Unknown[ 59]
Mountain hawk-eagle
Nisaetus nipalensis
1,200 – 6,700 [ 60]
NT [ 60]
[ 60]
Slender-billed vulture
Gyps tenuirostris
1500 – 3750 [ 61]
CR [ 61]
[ 61]
"Likely" estimate; difficulties in quantifying have arisen due to taxonomic confusion.[ 61]
Striated caracara
Phalcoboenus australis
1500 – 4000 [ 62]
NT [ 62]
[ 62]
Andaman serpent eagle
Spilornis elgini
1500 – 7500 [ 63]
NT [ 63]
[ 63]
Preliminary estimate.[ 63]
Hawaiian hawk
Buteo solitarius
1600 [ 64]
NT [ 64]
[ 64]
Lammergeier
Gypaetus barbatus
2000 – 10 000 [ 65]
NT [ 65]
[ 65]
Grey goshawk
Accipiter novaehollandiae
2500 – 9999 [ 66]
LC [ 66]
[ 66]
Gurney's eagle
Aquila gurneyi
2500 – 9999 [ 67]
NT [ 67]
[ 67]
Semicollared hawk
Accipiter collaris
2500 – 9999 [ 68]
NT [ 68]
[ 68]
White-headed vulture
Trigonoceps occipitalis
2,500-10,000 [ 69]
CR [ 69]
[ 69]
White-bellied goshawk
Accipiter haplochrous
2500 – 9999 [ 70]
NT [ 70]
[ 70]
Beaudouin's snake eagle
Circaetus beaudouini
3500 – 15 000 [ 71]
VU [ 71]
[ 71]
Black-and-chestnut eagle
Spizaetus isidori
3500 – 15 000 [ 72]
VU [ 72]
[ 72]
Preliminary estimate.[ 72]
Eastern imperial eagle
Aquila heliaca
3500 – 15 000 [ 73]
VU [ 73]
[ 73]
Population may be underestimated.[ 73]
Indian spotted eagle
Clanga hastata
3500 – 15 000 [ 74]
VU [ 74]
[ 74]
Population may be underestimated.[ 74]
Mantled hawk
Pseudastur polionotus
3500 – 15 000 [ 75]
NT [ 75]
[ 75]
Mountain serpent eagle
Spilornis kinabaluensis
3500 – 15 000 [ 76]
VU [ 76]
[ 76]
New Britain goshawk
Accipiter princeps
3500 – 15 000 [ 77]
VU [ 77]
[ 77]
New Britain sparrowhawk
Accipiter brachyurus
3500 – 15 000 [ 78]
VU [ 78]
[ 78]
Pallas's fish eagle
Haliaeetus leucoryphus
3500 – 15 000 [ 79]
VU [ 79]
[ 79]
Papuan eagle
Harpyopsis novaeguineae
3500 – 15 000 [ 80]
VU [ 80]
[ 80]
Red-headed vulture
Sarcogyps calvus
3500 – 15 000 [ 81]
CR [ 81]
[ 81]
Population undergoing collapse due to the use of diclofenac .[ 81]
Slaty-mantled goshawk
Accipiter luteoschistaceus
3500 – 15 000 [ 82]
VU [ 82]
[ 82]
Wallace's hawk-eagle
Nisaetus nanus
3500 – 15 000 [ 83]
VU [ 83]
[ 83]
White-necked hawk
Buteogallus lacernulatus
3500 – 15 000 [ 84]
VU [ 84]
[ 84]
White-rumped vulture
Gyps bengalensis
3500 – 15 000 [ 85]
CR [ 85]
[ 85]
Described in 1985 as "possibly the most abundant large bird of prey in the world", numbering millions. Catastrophic population collapse beginning in the 1990s has been caused by diclofenac , a drug used to treat livestock; after eating decaying bodies containing this substance, the vultures succumb to kidney failure . The only country with possible increases is Cambodia , where the drug is apparently unavailable.[ 85]
Nicobar sparrowhawk
Accipiter butleri
3700 – 7500 [ 86]
VU [ 86]
[ 86]
Preliminary estimate.[ 86]
Steller's sea eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus
4600 – 5100 [ 87]
VU [ 87]
[ 87]
Greater spotted eagle
Clanga clanga
5000 – 13 200 [ 88]
VU [ 88]
[ 88]
Preliminary estimate.[ 88]
Indian vulture
Gyps indicus
5,000-15,000 [ 89]
CR [ 89]
[ 89]
97% population collapse since the mid-1990s, caused by diclofenac .[ 90]
Crowned eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatus
5,000 - 50,000 [ 91]
NT [ 91]
[ 91]
Lappet-faced vulture
Torgos tracheliotos
6,500 [ 92]
EN [ 92]
[ 92]
Minimum estimate.[ 92]
Brown snake eagle
Circaetus cinereus
6,700 - 67,000 [ 93]
LC [ 93]
[ 93]
Ovambo sparrowhawk
Accipiter ovampensis
6,700 - 67,000 [ 94]
LC [ 94]
[ 94]
Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentarius
6,700 - 67,000 [ 95]
EN [ 95]
[ 95]
Cape vulture
Gyps coprotheres
8000 – 10 000 [ 90]
VU [ 90]
[ 90]
Andean condor
Vultur gryphus
10 000 [ 96]
VU [ 96]
[ 96]
Minimum estimate.[ 96]
Black baza
Aviceda leuphotes
10 000 [ 97]
LC [ 97]
[ 97]
Minimum estimate.[ 97]
Black eagle
Ictinaetus malayensis
10 000 [ 98]
LC [ 98]
[ 98]
Pied harrier
Circus melanoleucos
10 000 [ 99]
LC [ 99]
[ 99]
Minimum estimate.[ 99]
Upland buzzard
Buteo hemilasius
10 000 [ 100]
LC [ 100]
[ 100]
Minimum estimate.[ 100]
Plumbeous hawk
Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea
10 000 - 19 999 [ 101]
NT [ 101]
[ 101]
Levant sparrowhawk
Accipiter brevipes
10 000 - 19 999 [ 102]
LC [ 102]
[ 102]
Black honey buzzard
Henicopernis infuscatus
10 000 – 19 999 [ 103]
VU [ 103]
[ 103]
Little eagle
Hieraaetus morphnoides
10 000 - 100 000 [ 104]
LC [ 104]
[ 104]
Madagascar sparrowhawk
Accipiter madagascariensis
10 000 – 100 000 [ 105]
NT [ 105]
[ 105]
Japanese sparrowhawk
Accipiter gularis
13 400 - 67 000 [ 106]
LC [ 106]
[ 106]
Cuban black hawk
Buteogallus gundlachii
15 000 [ 107]
NT [ 107]
[ 107]
Minimum estimate.[ 107]
Lesser fish eagle
Ichthyophaga humilis
15 000 – 75 000 [ 108]
NT [ 108]
[ 108]
Preliminary estimate.[ 108]
Grey-headed fish eagle
Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
15 000 – 150 000 [ 109]
NT [ 109]
[ 109]
Preliminary estimate.[ 109]
Pallid harrier
Circus macrourus
18 000 – 30 000 [ 110]
NT [ 110]
[ 110]
Bicolored hawk
Accipiter bicolor
20 000 – 49 999 [ 111]
LC [ 111]
Unknown[ 111]
Black-collared hawk
Busarellus nigricollis
20 000 – 49 999 [ 112]
LC [ 112]
[ 112]
Black hawk-eagle
Spizaetus tyrannus
20 000 – 49 999 [ 113]
LC [ 113]
[ 113]
Bonelli's eagle
Aquila fasciata
20 000 - 49 999 [ 114]
LC [ 114]
[ 114]
Harpy eagle
Harpia harpyja
20 000 – 49 999 [ 115]
VU [ 115]
[ 115]
White hawk
Pseudastur albicollis
20 000 – 49 999 [ 116]
LC [ 116]
[ 116]
Egyptian vulture
Neophron percnopterus
20 000 – 61 000 [ 117]
EN [ 117]
[ 117]
Preliminary estimate.[ 117]
White-tailed eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla
20 300 – 39 600 [ 118]
LC [ 118]
[ 118]
Preliminary estimate.[ 118]
Cinereous vulture
Aegypius monachus
21 000 – 30 000 [ 119]
NT [ 119]
[ 119]
Rüppell’s vulture
Gyps rueppelli
22 000 [ 120]
CR [ 120]
[ 120]
Scissor-tailed kite
Chelictinia riocourii
30,000-67,000 [ 121]
VU [ 121]
[ 121]
White-backed vulture
Gyps africanus
29,000-95,000 [ 122]
CR [ 122]
[ 122]
In 1992, it was estimated there were 270,000 white-backed vultures. The white-backed vulture is currently facing a major population crash, and has declined by 63-89% in the last 40 years.[ 122]
Eastern marsh harrier
Circus spilonotus
40 000 - 60 000 [ 123]
LC [ 123]
[ 123]
Lesser spotted eagle
Clanga pomarina
42 000 – 57 000 [ 124]
LC [ 124]
Unknown[ 124]
Black-and-white hawk-eagle
Spizaetus melanoleucus
50 000 [ 125]
LC [ 125]
[ 125]
Maximum estimate.[ 125]
Grey-headed kite
Leptodon cayanensis
50 000 [ 126]
LC [ 126]
[ 126]
Maximum estimate.[ 126]
Ornate hawk-eagle
Spizaetus ornatus
50 000 [ 127]
NT [ 127]
[ 127]
Maximum estimate.[ 127]
Steppe eagle
Aquila nipalensis
50,000-75,000 [ 128]
EN [ 128]
[ 128]
Minimum estimate.[ 128]
Great black hawk
Buteogallus urubitinga
50 000 – 499 999 [ 129]
LC [ 129]
[ 129]
Short-toed snake eagle
Circaetus gallicus
51 400 – 156 000 [ 130]
LC [ 130]
[ 130]
Preliminary estimate.[ 130]
Red kite
Milvus milvus
60,000-70,000 [ 131]
LC [ 131]
[ 131]
Though declining in some places, it is compensated for by major increases in its northern range.
Wahlberg's eagle
Hieraaetus wahlbergi
67,000-670,000 [ 132]
LC [ 132]
[ 132]
Himalayan vulture
Gyps himalayensis
66,000-334,000 [ 133]
NT [ 133]
[ 133]
Eurasian griffon vulture
Gyps fulvus
80,000-900,000 [ 134]
LC [ 134]
[ 134]
Besra
Accipiter virgatus
100 000 [ 135]
LC [ 135]
[ 135]
Long-legged buzzard
Buteo rufinus
100 000 [ 136]
LC [ 136]
[ 136]
Black-shouldered kite
Elanus axillaris
100 000 [ 137]
LC [ 137]
[ 137]
Minimum estimate.[ 137]
Brahminy kite
Haliastur indus
100 000 [ 138]
LC [ 138]
[ 138]
Minimum estimate.[ 138]
Grey-faced buzzard
Butastur indicus
100 000 [ 139]
LC [ 139]
[ 139]
Minimum estimate.[ 139]
Tawny eagle
Aquila rapax
100 000 – 499 999 [ 140]
VU [ 140]
[ 140]
Crested honey buzzard
Pernis ptilorhyncus
100 000 – 1 000 000 [ 141]
LC [ 141]
[ 141]
Hooded vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
131,000 [ 142]
CR [ 142]
[ 142]
Maximum estimate.[ 142]
Booted eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
150 000 - 195 000 [ 143]
LC [ 143]
[ 143]
Golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
170 000 [ 144]
LC [ 144]
[ 144]
Minimum estimate.[ 144]
Hook-billed kite
Chondrohierax uncinatus
200 000 [ 145]
LC [ 145]
[ 145]
Chinese sparrowhawk
Accipiter soloensis
268 000 - 667 000 [ 146]
LC [ 146]
[ 146]
Montagu's harrier
Circus pygargus
300 000 - 550 000 [ 147]
LC [ 147]
[ 147]
Bald eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
315 000 [ 148]
LC [ 148]
[ 148]
Hen harrier
Circus cyaneus
330,000-512,000 [ 149]
LC [ 149]
[ 149]
Minimum estimate.[ 149]
European honey buzzard
Pernis apivorus
350 000 – 1 000 000 [ 150]
LC [ 150]
[ 150]
Northern goshawk
Accipiter gentilis
500 000 [ 151]
LC [ 151]
[ 151]
Minimum estimate.[ 151]
Rough-legged buzzard
Buteo lagopus
500 000 [ 152]
LC [ 152]
[ 152]
Minimum estimate.[ 100]
Northern harrier
Circus hudsonius
500,000 [ 153]
LC [ 153]
[ 153]
Shikra
Accipiter badius
500 000 – 999 999 [ 154]
LC [ 154]
[ 154]
Western marsh harrier
Circus aeruginosus
500 000 – 2 000 000 [ 155]
LC [ 155]
[ 155]
Preliminary estimate.[ 155]
Pearl kite
Gampsonyx swainsonii
500 000 – 4 999 999 [ 156]
LC [ 156]
[ 156]
Barred forest falcon
Micrastur ruficollis
500 000 – 4 999 999 [ 157]
LC [ 157]
[ 157]
Crane hawk
Geranospiza caerulescens
500 000 – 4 999 999 [ 158]
LC [ 158]
[ 158]
Double-toothed kite
Harpagus bidentatus
500 000 – 4 999 999 [ 159]
LC [ 159]
[ 159]
Lesser yellow-headed vulture
Cathartes burrovianus
500 000 – 4 999 999 [ 160]
LC [ 160]
[ 160]
Plumbeous kite
Ictinia plumbea
500 000 – 4 999 999 [ 161]
LC [ 161]
[ 161]
Gray-lined hawk
Buteo nitidus
500 000 - 4 999 999 [ 162]
LC [ 162]
[ 162]
White-tailed kite
Elanus leucurus
500 000 – 4 999 999 [ 163]
LC [ 163]
[ 163]
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
1,000,000 - 1,200,000 [ 164]
LC [ 164]
[ 164]
Augur buzzard
Buteo augur
1 000 000 [ 165]
LC [ 165]
[ 165]
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
1 500 000 [ 166]
LC [ 166]
[ 166]
Minimum estimate.[ 166]
Common black hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
2 000 000 [ 167]
LC [ 167]
[ 167]
Zone-tailed hawk
Buteo albonotatus
2 000 000 [ 168]
LC [ 168]
[ 168]
Gray hawk
Buteo plagiatus
2 000 000 [ 169]
LC [ 169]
[ 169]
Snail kite
Rostrhamus sociabilis
2 000 000 [ 170]
LC [ 170]
[ 170]
Red-tailed hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
3 000 000 [ 171]
LC [ 171]
[ 171]
Common buzzard
Buteo buteo
4 000 000 [ 172]
LC [ 172]
[ 172]
Turkey vulture
Cathartes aura
4,500,000 [ 173]
LC [ 173]
[ 173]
Black kite
Milvus migrans
4,700,000-5,900,000 [ 174]
LC [ 174]
Unknown[ 174]
Preliminary estimate.[ 174]
Roadside hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
5 000 000 – 50 000 000 [ 175]
LC [ 175]
[ 175]
Savanna hawk
Buteogallus meridionalis
5 000 000 - 50 000 000 [ 176]
LC [ 176]
[ 176]
Short-tailed hawk
Buteo brachyurus
5 000 000 - 50 000 000 [ 177]
LC [ 177]
[ 177]
Black vulture
Coragyps atratus
20,000,000 [ 178]
LC [ 178]
[ 178]
See also
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