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