ID Factsheets created by Jerry Liguori Click through to learn more about each species’ shape, flight, plumage, migration, and conservation status.
Raptors We Work With
American Goshawk
Accipiter atricapillus
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
Cooper’s Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo regalis
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Gyrfalcon
Falco rusticolus
Merlin
Falco columbarius
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Northern Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium gnoma
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Prairie Falcon
Falco mexicanus
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopus
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Swainson’s Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Turkey Vulture
Cathartus aura
Western Screech-owl
Megascops kennicottii
White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Guides by Jerry
You 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 Raptors