page_title: List of birds of Kansas
section_title: Hawks, eagles, and kites
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Kansas / Hawks, eagles, and kites
caption_attribution_description: Buteo lineatus, Atlanta, Georgia, USA English: Red-shouldered HawkFrançais&#160;: Buse à épaulettes
context_page_description: This list of birds of Kansas includes species documented in the U.S. state of Kansas and accepted by the Kansas Ornithological Society. As of March 2020, there are 479 species included in the official list. Of them, 70 are classed as accidental, 12 are classed as hypothetical, and five have been introduced to North America. In addition to the 479, two species are extinct and one has been extirpated.
  Only birds that are considered to have established, self-sustaining, wild populations in Kansas are included on this list. This means that birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free in Kansas, are not included.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  These tags are used to annotate some species:
  Accidental – "Fewer than ten Kansas records" per the KOS
  Extinct – a recent species that no longer exists
context_section_description: Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae
  Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight.
  White-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus (A)
  Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus
  Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
  Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius
  Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus
  Cooper's hawk, Accipiter cooperii
  Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
  Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  Mississippi kite, Ictinia mississippiensis
  Harris's hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus (A)
  Gray hawk, Buteo plagiatus(A)
  Red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus
  Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus
  Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni
  Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
  Rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus
  Ferruginous hawk, Buteo regalis
caption: Red-shouldered hawk
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