Species in green print do not live in Tallahassee the entire year.
The other species are natives (they live in Tallahassee the entire year.)

EAGLES, HAWKS AND KITES

Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Chordata (animals with a spinal cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (animals with a "back bone" of vertebrae)
Class: Aves (birds)
Order: Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey)
Family: Accipitridae (eagles, hawks, and kites)

Genus: Accipiter (bird hawks)
Species:  Accipiter cooperii, Common name:  Cooper's hawk
Species:  Accipiter striatus, Common name:  sharp-shinned hawk

Genus: Circus (harriers)
This bird is a winter visitor (migrant) from up North:
Species: Circus cyaneus, Common name:  northern harrier

Genus: Buteo (soaring hawks)
Species: Buteo jamaicensis, Common name:  red-tailed hawk
Species:  Buteo lineatus, Common name:  red-shouldered hawk)
This bird is a summer visitor (migrant) from South and Central America:
Species:  Buteo platypterus, Common name: broad-winged hawk

Genus Elanoides
This bird is a summer visitor (migrant) from South America:
Species:  Elanoides forficatus, Common name:  swallow-tailed kite

Genus Haliaeetus
Species: Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Common name:  bald eagle

Genus Ictinia
This bird is a summer visitor (migrant) from South America:
Species: Ictinia mississippiensis, Common name:  Mississippi kite

Subfamily Pandioninae
Genus: Pandion
Species:  Pandion haliaetus, Common name:  osprey

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VULTURES

Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Chordata (animals with a spinal cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (animals with a "back bone" of vertebrae)
Class: Aves (birds)
Order: Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey)
Family Cathartidae (New World vultures and condors)

Genus Cathartes
Species: Cathartes aura, Common name:  turkey vulture

Genus Coragyps
Species: Coragyps atratus, Common name:  black vulture

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FALCONS

Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Chordata (animals with a spinal cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (animals with a "back bone" of vertebrae)
Class: Aves (birds)
Order: Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey)
Family Falconidae (falcons and caracaras)

Genus: Falco
This bird is seen briefly as it migrates through our area in fall and spring:
Species: Falco peregrinus, Common name:  peregrine falcon
Species: Falco sparverius, Common name:  American kestrel

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