page_title: List of birds of Newfoundland and Labrador
section_title: Hawks, eagles, and kites
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Newfoundland and Labrador / Hawks, eagles, and kites
caption_attribution_description: Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius in flight, Brazoria, Texas, USA
context_page_description: This is a list of bird species confirmed in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Bird Records Committee of Nature Newfoundland & Labrador lists 398 species as occurring in Newfoundland as of March 2016. Between that date and July 2020, 18 additional species have been added by eBird users. Of these 416 species, 112 are rare and 88 are very rare as defined below. Two were introduced to North America. One species is possibly extinct, and another species formerly found in Labrador is known to be extinct but is not on the Nature NL checklist.
  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 Canadian English spellings are used and the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  The following codes are used to describe some categories of occurrence.
  Rare - "not likely to be found annually, though apparently occurs regularly in very small numbers" per Nature NL
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.
  Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos (R)
  Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius
  Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus
  Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
  Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus (VR)
  Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni
  Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis (R)
  Rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus (R)
caption: Northern harrier
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