Raptor Identification Raptors We Work With American Barn OwlTyto furcata American GoshawkAstur atricapillus American KestrelFalco sparverius Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus Black VultureCoragyps atratus Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus Cooper’s HawkAstur cooperii Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyi Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus GyrfalconFalco rusticolus MerlinFalco columbarius Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius Northern Pygmy OwlGlaucidium gnoma Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus OspreyPandion haliaetus Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus Swainson’s HawkButeo swainsoni Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus Turkey VultureCathartus aura Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottii Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsis White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus Guides by Jerry LiguoriYou can learn straight from the expert himself from his seminal works such as Hawks at a Distance and The In-hand Guide to Diurnal North American RaptorsShop our store
