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Ayres' Hawk-Eagle

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Hieraaetus
Species:	H. ayresii
Binomial name
*Hieraaetus ayresii* Gurney, 1862

Juvenile in flight

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Its name honours South African ornithologist Thomas Ayres.

References

BirdLife International 2004. Hieraaetus ayresii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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Subfamily: Buteoninae

Genus	Species (extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct)

Geranoaetus	Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle

Buteo	Common Buzzard • Red-tailed Hawk • Long-legged Buzzard • Rough-legged Buzzard • Ferruginous Hawk • Red-shouldered Hawk • Broad-winged Hawk • Swainson's Hawk • Roadside Hawk • Ridgway's Hawk • White-rumped Hawk • Short-tailed Hawk • White-throated Hawk • White-tailed Hawk • Galápagos Hawk • Variable Hawk • Grey Hawk • Zone-tailed Hawk • Hawaiian Hawk • Rufous-tailed Hawk • Mountain Buzzard • Madagascar Buzzard • Upland Buzzard • Red-necked Buzzard • Jackal Buzzard

Parabuteo	Harris's Hawk

Buteogallus	Rufous Crab-hawk • Common Black Hawk • Cuban Black Hawk • Great Black Hawk • Savanna Hawk

Busarellus	Black-collared Hawk

Leucopternis	White-browed Hawk • White-necked Hawk • Black-faced Hawk • Grey-backed Hawk • Plumbeous Hawk • Mantled Hawk • Barred Hawk • Slate-coloured Hawk • Semiplumbeous Hawk • White Hawk

Kaupifalco	Lizard Buzzard

Butastur	Rufous-winged Buzzard • Grasshopper Buzzard • White-eyed Buzzard • Grey-faced Buzzard

Harpyhaliaetus	Crowned Solitary Eagle • Montane Solitary Eagle

Morphnus	Crested Eagle

Harpia	Harpy Eagle

Pithecophaga	Philippine Eagle

Harpyopsis	New Guinea Harpy Eagle

Spizaetus	Black Hawk-Eagle • Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle • Ornate Hawk-Eagle • Black-and-chestnut Eagle

Nisaetus	Crested Hawk-Eagle • Mountain Hawk-Eagle • Blyth's Hawk-Eagle • Javan Hawk-Eagle • Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle • Philippine Hawk-Eagle • Wallace's Hawk-Eagle

Lophaetus	Long-crested Eagle

Stephanoaetus	Crowned Eagle • Malagasy Crowned Eagle†

Polemaetus	Martial Eagle

Hieraaetus	African Hawk-Eagle • New Guinea Hawk-Eagle • Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Aquila	Bonelli's Eagle • Booted Eagle • Little Eagle • Rufous-bellied Eagle • Golden Eagle • Eastern Imperial Eagle • Spanish Imperial Eagle • Steppe Eagle • Tawny Eagle • Greater Spotted Eagle • Lesser Spotted Eagle • Indian Spotted Eagle • Verreaux's Eagle • Gurney's Eagle • Wahlberg's Eagle • Wedge-tailed Eagle

Ictinaetus	Black Eagle

Haliaeetus	White-bellied Sea Eagle • Sanford's Sea Eagle • African Fish Eagle • Madagascar Fish Eagle • Pallas's Fish Eagle • White-tailed Eagle • Bald Eagle • Steller's Sea Eagle

Ichthyophaga	Lesser Fish Eagle • Grey-headed Fish Eagle

Harpagornis	Haast's Eagle†

Eagle • Buzzard

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