Order Accipitriformes Vieillot - diurnal birds of prey see Order Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
   Suborder Accipitres (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - hawks
     Family Accipitridae Vieillot, 1816 - secretary bird, osprey, kites, hawks and eagles
       Subfamily Milvinae Vigors - true kites see Subfamily Accipitrinae Vieillot, 1816
         1 Genus Milvus Lacépède, 1799 - black kite
         2 Genus †Promilio Wetmore, 1958
         3 Genus †Proictinia Shufeldt, 1913