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Bird Species in Israel - Order Falconiformes
Taxonomic Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia | (Animals) |
| Phylum: | Chordata | (Vertebrates) |
| Class: | Aves | (Birds) |
| Order: | Falconiformes | |
| Genus - species | Common name | Thumbnail |
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| Family: Accipitridae |
| Accipiter badius | Shikra | |
| Accipiter brevipes | Levant Sparrowhawk | |
| Accipiter gentilis | Northern Goshawk | |
| Accipiter nisus | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | |
| Aegypius monachus | Cinereous Vulture | |
| Aquila chrysaetos | Golden Eagle | |
| Aquila clanga | Greater Spotted Eagle | |
| Aquila heliaca | Imperial Eagle | |
| Aquila nipalensis | Steppe Eagle | |
| Aquila pomarina | Lesser Spotted Eagle | |
| Aquila rapax | Tawny Eagle | |
| Aquila verreauxii | Verreaux's Eagle | |
| Buteo buteo | Common Buzzard | |
| Buteo lagopus | Rough-legged Hawk | |
| Buteo rufinus | Long-legged Buzzard |  |
| Circaetus gallicus | Short-toed Snake-Eagle | |
| Circus aeruginosus | Western Marsh-Harrier | |
| Circus cyaneus | Northern Harrier | |
| Circus macrourus | Pallid Harrier | |
| Circus pygargus | Montagu's Harrier | |
| Elanus caeruleus | Black-winged Kite | |
| Gypaetus barbatus | Lammergeier | |
| Gyps fulvus | Eurasian Griffon Vulture | |
| Haliaeetus albicilla | White-tailed Eagle | |
| Hieraaetus fasciatus | Bonelli's Eagle | |
| Hieraaetus pennatus | Booted Eagle | |
| Melierax metabates | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | |
| Milvus migrans | Black Kite | |
| Milvus milvus | Red Kite | |
| Neophron percnopterus | Egyptian Vulture | |
| Pernis apivorus | European Honey-buzzard | |
| Pernis ptilorhyncus | Oriental Honey-buzzard | |
| Terathopius ecaudatus | Bateleur | |
| Torgos tracheliotus | Lappet-faced Vulture | |
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| Family: Falconidae |
| Falco biarmicus | Lanner Falcon | |
| Falco cherrug | Saker Falcon | |
| Falco columbarius | Merlin | |
| Falco concolor | Sooty Falcon | |
| Falco eleonorae | Eleonora's Falcon | |
| Falco naumanni | Lesser Kestrel | |
| Falco pelegrinoides | Barbary Falcon | |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | |
| Falco subbuteo | Eurasian Hobby | |
| Falco tinnunculus | Common Kestrel | |
| Falco vespertinus | Red-footed Falcon | |
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| Family: Pandionidae |
| Pandion haliaetus | Osprey | |
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Number of species: 46
