Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

The region is a place of arrival of many migratory birds, especially Thraupidae, Parulidae and Accipitridae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Magdalena Valley dry forests] Reference

An exploratory phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Accipitridae, with notes on the biogeography of the family.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

Secondly, Polyboroides is interesting for being one of the most basal members of Accipitridae (the hawk-eagle-Old World vulture family).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

As hinted at in the previous paragraph, morphological and DNA-based phylogenies of Accipitridae tend to agree that one of the most basal clades in the group is that which includes Old World vultures and honey buzzards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

The reserve hosts some 85 species of palaearctic passage and overwintering migrants, particularly herons Ardeidae, birds of prey Accipitridae and Falconidae, waders Charadriidae, thrushes Turdidae and warblers Sylviidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger] Reference

Guinea-fowl (Numididae), bustards (Otididae), hornbills (Bucerotidae) and francolins Francolinus sp. are found throughout the park, and raptors such as vultures (Accipitridae), fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer, martial eagle Polemaetus bellicosus, and Gobar goshawk Melieraz gabar are also common.    From Wordnik.com.  ['W' National Park, Niger] Reference

They are so many kinds of birds of prey in Family Accipitridae.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

(Gyps fulvus) is an Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference

(D) I and II in Accipitridae have evolved primarily to restrain large struggling prey while they are immobilised by dismemberment.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

Lerner HRL, Mindell DP (2005) Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

More generally (especially in North America) to mean falcons or small to medium-sized members of the Accipitridae the family which includes the "true hawks".    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

Old World vultures ~ The Old World vultures found in Africa, Asia, and Europe belong to the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards, and hawks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference

Large prey are restrained by pinning under the bodyweight of the raptor, maintaining grip with the talons, and immobilised by dismemberment (Accipitridae), or severing the spinal cord (Falconini).    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

The white-bellied sea eagle that belongs to the Accipitridae family is an endangered species listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act. It is listed in the Red Data Book as a vulnerable species.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference

He or she might say accipitrid to indicate membership in the family Accipitridae, but accipitrine in this context would refer only to one of the accipitrid subfamilies -- the Accipitrinae (the "true" hawks and eagles).    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 3] Reference

New World vultures ~ The New World vultures and condors found in warm and temperate areas of the Americas are not closely related to the superficially similar Accipitridae, but belong in the family Cathartidae, which is quite close to the storks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference

“Of the family Accipitridae.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fine and Bitter Snow]

America) to mean falcons or small to medium-sized members of the Accipitridae the family which includes the "true hawks" (Accipiters) as well as eagles, kites, harriers and buzzards.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

(Aves: Accipitridae).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Accipitridae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kinabalu montane alpine meadows] Reference

(2007) Phylogeny, diversity, and classification of the Accipitridae based on DNA sequences of the RAG-1 exon.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Family Common Name Species Accipitridae White-bellied goshawk Accipiter haplochrous Columbidae Red-bellied fruit-dove Ptilinopus greyii Columbidae New Caledonian imperial-pigeon Ducula goliath Psittacidae Horned parakeet Eunymphicus cornutus Aegothelidae New Caledonian owlet-nightjar Aegotheles savesi Campephagidae Melanesian cuckoo-shrike Coracina caledonica Campephagidae New Caledonian cuckoo-shrike Coracina analis Campephagidae Long-tailed triller Lalage leucopyga Sylviidae New Caledonian grassbird Megalurulus mariei Acanthizidae Fan-tailed gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis Eopsaltriidae Yellow-bellied robin Eopsaltria flaviventris Monarchidae Southern shrikebill Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides Monarchidae New Caledonian flycatcher Myiagra caledonica Rhipiduridae Streaked fantail Rhipidura spilodera Pachycephalida New Caledonian whistler Pachycephala caledonica Zosteropidae Green-backed white-eye Zosterops xanthochrous Meliphagidae New Caledonian myzomela Myzomela caledonica Meliphagi.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Caledonia dry forests] Reference