There are five main hawk types:
Kites, including:
Snail Kite
Mississippi Kite
Swallowtailed Kite
Accipiters, including:
Goshawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp Shinned Hawk
Buteos, including;
Red tailed Hawk
Red Shouldered Hawk
Broad Winged Hawk
Facons, including:
Peregrine Falcon
Kestrel
Merlin
Harriers, Including:
Northern Harrier
Many consider the osprey a type of hawk, but the osprey is in its own family, Pandionidae.
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