List of Accipitriformes by population

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This is a list of Accipitriformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology. For the sake of the argument and their small species diversity, the family Cathartidae will be included in this list

This list is incomprehensive, as not all Accipitriformes have had their numbers quantified.

Species by global population

Common name	Binomial name	Population	Status	Trend	Notes	Image
Cuban kite	Chondrohierax wilsonii	70 – 400	CR
White-collared kite	Leptodon forbesi	70 – 400	CR
Flores hawk-eagle	Nisaetus floris	150 – 300	CR
Ridgway's hawk	Buteo ridgwayi	200 – 300	CR
Madagascar serpent eagle	Eutriorchis astur	250 – 650	EN
Philippine eagle	Pithecophaga jefferyi	250 – 750	CR
Socotra buzzard	Buteo socotraensis	350 – 999	VU
Crowned solitary eagle	Harpyhaliaetus coronatus	350 – 1500	EN
Grey-backed hawk	Leucopternis occidentalis	350 – 1500	EN
Imitator goshawk	Accipiter imitator	350 – 1500	VU
Rufous-tailed hawk	Buteo ventralis	350 – 1500	NT
Sanford's sea eagle	Haliaeetus sanfordi	350 – 1500	VU
Madagascar fish eagle	Haliaeetus vociferoides	360	CR
Gundlach's hawk	Accipiter gundlachi	400	EN
Galapagos hawk	Buteo galapagoensis	400 – 500	VU
Spanish imperial eagle	Aquila adalberti	450 – 600	VU
Malagasy harrier	Circus macrosceles	400 – 750	VU		Numbers may be overestimated.
California condor	Gymnogyps californianus	435	CR
Réunion harrier	Circus maillardi	500	EN
Javan hawk-eagle	Nisaetus bartelsi	600 – 900	EN
Black harrier	Circus maurus	1000 – 1500	VU
Philippine hawk-eagle	Nisaetus philippensis	1000 – 2499	VU
Henst's goshawk	Accipiter henstii	1000 – 3000	NT
Southern banded snake eagle	Circaetus fasciolatus	1000 – 3000	NT
Ayres's hawk-eagle	Hieraaetus ayresii	1000 – 10 000	LC
Barred hawk	Leucopternis princeps	1000 – 10 000	LC
Barred honey buzzard	Pernis celebensis	1000 – 10 000	LC
Bat hawk	Macheiramphus alcinus	1000 – 10 000	LC
Black-breasted buzzard	Hamirostra melanosternon	1000 – 10 000	LC
Black falcon	Falco subniger	1000 – 10 000	LC
Black-mantled goshawk	Accipiter melanochlamys	1000 – 10 000	LC
Cassin's hawk-eagle	Aquila africanus	1000 – 10 000	LC
Crested eagle	Morphnus guianensis	1000 – 10 000	NT
Fiji goshawk	Accipiter rufitorques	1000 – 10 000	NT
Grey-bellied hawk	Accipiter poliogaster	1000 – 10 000	NT
Jerdon's baza	Aviceda jerdoni	1000 – 10 000	LC
King vulture	Sarcoramphus papa	1000 – 10 000	LC
Letter-winged kite	Elanus scriptus	1000 – 10 000	NT		Population subject to extreme fluctuations within this band.
Madagascar harrier-hawk	Polyboroides radiatus	1000 – 10 000	LC
Meyer's goshawk	Accipiter meyerianus	1000 – 10 000	LC
Moluccan goshawk	Accipiter henicogrammus	1000 – 10 000	LC
Mountain buzzard	Buteo oreophilus	1000 – 10 000	LC
Pied goshawk	Accipiter albogularis	1000 – 10 000	LC
Rufous-bellied hawk-eagle	Lophotriorchis kienerii	1000 – 10 000	LC
Rufous-necked sparrowhawk	Accipiter erythrauchen	1000 – 10 000	LC
Rufous-winged buzzard	Butastur liventer	1000 – 10 000	LC
Scissor-tailed kite	Chelictinia riocourii	1000 – 10 000	LC
Semiplumbeous hawk	Leucopternis semiplumbeus	1000 – 10 000	LC
Slender-billed kite	Helicolestes hamatus	1000 – 10 000	LC
Square-tailed kite	Lophoictinia isura	1000 – 10 000	LC
Sulawesi hawk-eagle	Nisaetus lanceolatus	1000 – 10 000	LC
Tiny hawk	Accipiter superciliosus	1000 – 10 000	LC
Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk	Accipiter rhodogaster	1000 – 10 000	LC
White-bellied sea eagle	Haliaeetus leucogaster	1000 – 10 000	LC
White-throated caracara	Phalcoboenus albogularis	1000 – 10 000	LC
White-throated hawk	Buteo albigula	1000 – 10 000	LC	Unknown
Slender-billed vulture	Gyps tenuirostris	1500 – 3750	CR		"Likely" estimate; difficulties in quantifying have arisen due to taxonomic confusion.
Montane solitary eagle	Harpyhaliaetus solitarius	1500 – 4000	NT
Striated caracara	Phalcoboenus australis	1500 – 4000	NT
Andaman serpent eagle	Spilornis elgini	1500 – 7500	NT		Preliminary estimate.
Hawaiian hawk	Buteo solitarius	1600	NT
Lammergeier	Gypaetus barbatus	2000 – 10 000	NT
Semicollared hawk	Accipiter collaris	2500 – 9999	NT
White-headed vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis	2,500-10,000	CR
White-bellied goshawk	Accipiter haplochrous	2500 – 9999	NT
Beaudouin's snake eagle	Circaetus beaudouini	3500 – 15 000	VU
Black-and-chestnut eagle	Spizaetus isidori	3500 – 15 000	VU		Preliminary estimate.
Eastern imperial eagle	Aquila heliaca	3500 – 15 000	VU		Population may be underestimated.
Indian spotted eagle	Clanga hastata	3500 – 15 000	VU		Population may be underestimated.
Mantled hawk	Leucopternis polionotus	3500 – 15 000	NT
Mountain serpent eagle	Spilornis kinabaluensis	3500 – 15 000	VU
New Britain goshawk	Accipiter princeps	3500 – 15 000	VU
New Britain sparrowhawk	Accipiter brachyurus	3500 – 15 000	VU
Pallas's fish eagle	Haliaeetus leucoryphus	3500 – 15 000	VU
Papuan eagle	Harpyopsis novaeguineae	3500 – 15 000	VU
Red-headed vulture	Sarcogyps calvus	3500 – 15 000	CR		Population undergoing collapse due to the use of diclofenac.
Slaty-mantled goshawk	Accipiter luteoschistaceus	3500 – 15 000	VU
Wallace's hawk-eagle	Nisaetus nanus	3500 – 15 000	VU
White-necked hawk	Leucopternis lacernulatus	3500 – 15 000	VU
White-rumped vulture	Gyps bengalensis	3500 – 15 000	CR		Described in 1985 as "possibly the most abundant large bird of prey in the world", numbering millions. Catastrophic population collapse beginning in the 1990s has been caused by diclofenac, a drug used to treat livestock; after eating decaying bodies containing this substance, the vultures succumb to kidney failure. The only country with possible increases is Cambodia, where the drug is apparently unavailable.
Nicobar sparrowhawk	Accipiter butleri	3700 – 7500	VU		Preliminary estimate.
Steller's sea eagle	Haliaeetus pelagicus	4600 – 5100	VU
Greater spotted eagle	Clanga clanga	5000 – 13 200	VU		Preliminary estimate.
Indian vulture	Gyps indicus	5,000-15,000	CR		97% population collapse since the mid-1990s, caused by diclofenac.
Lappet-faced vulture	Torgos tracheliotos	6,500	EN		Minimum estimate.
Cape vulture	Gyps coprotheres	8000 – 10 000	VU
Andean condor	Vultur gryphus	10 000	VU		Minimum estimate.
Black baza	Aviceda leuphotes	10 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Black eagle	Ictinaetus malayensis	10 000	LC
Pied harrier	Circus melanoleucos	10 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Upland buzzard	Buteo hemilasius	10 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Black honey buzzard	Henicopernis infuscatus	10 000 – 19 999	VU
Madagascar sparrowhawk	Accipiter madagascariensis	10 000 – 100 000	NT
Cuban black hawk	Buteogallus gundlachii	15 000	NT		Minimum estimate.
Lesser fish eagle	Ichthyophaga humilis	15 000 – 75 000	NT		Preliminary estimate.
Grey-headed fish eagle	Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus	15 000 – 150 000	NT		Preliminary estimate.
Bicolored hawk	Accipiter bicolor	20 000 – 49 999	LC	Unknown
Black-collared hawk	Busarellus nigricollis	20 000 – 49 999	LC
Black hawk-eagle	Spizaetus tyrannus	20 000 – 49 999	LC
Bonelli's eagle	Aquila fasciata	20 000 - 49 999	LC
Harpy eagle	Harpia harpyja	20 000 – 49 999
White hawk	Leucopternis albicollis	20 000 – 49 999	LC
Egyptian vulture	Neophron percnopterus	20 000 – 61 000	EN		Preliminary estimate.
White-tailed eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla	20 300 – 39 600	LC		Preliminary estimate.
Cinereous vulture	Aegypius monachus	21 000 – 30 000	NT
White-backed vulture	Gyps africanus	29,000-95,000	CR		In 1992, it was estimated there were 270,000 white-backed vultures. The white-backed vulture is currently facing a major population crash, and has declined by 63-89% in the last 40 years.
Lesser spotted eagle	Clanga pomarina	42 000 – 57 000	LC	Unknown
Black-and-white hawk-eagle	Spizaetus melanoleucus	50 000	LC		Maximum estimate.
Grey-headed kite	Leptodon cayanensis	50 000	LC		Maximum estimate.
Ornate hawk-eagle	Spizaetus ornatus	50 000	NT		Maximum estimate.
Steppe eagle	Aquila nipalensis	50,000-75,000	EN		Minimum estimate.
Great black hawk	Buteogallus urubitinga	50 000 – 499 999	LC
Short-toed snake eagle	Circaetus gallicus	51 400 – 156 000	LC		Preliminary estimate.
Red kite	Milvus milvus	60,000-70,000	LC		Though declining in some places, it is compensated for by major increases in its northern range.
Besra	Accipiter virgatus	100 000	LC
Long-legged buzzard	Buteo rufinus	100 000	LC
Black-shouldered kite	Elanus axillaris	100 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Brahminy kite	Haliastur indus	100 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Grey-faced buzzard	Butastur indicus	100 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Crested honey buzzard	Pernis ptilorhyncus	100 000 – 1 000 000	LC
Hooded vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	131,000	CR		Maximum estimate.
Golden eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	170 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Bald eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	315 000	LC
Hen harrier	Circus cyaneus	330,000-512,000	LC		Minimum estimate.
European honey buzzard	Pernis apivorus	350 000 – 1 000 000	LC
Northern goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	500 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Rough-legged buzzard	Buteo lagopus	500 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Northern harrier	Circus hudsonius	500,000	LC
Western marsh harrier	Circus aeruginosus	500 000 – 2 000 000	LC		Preliminary estimate.
Barred forest falcon	Micrastur ruficollis	500 000 – 4 999 999	LC
Crane hawk	Geranospiza caerulescens	500 000 – 4 999 999	LC
Double-toothed kite	Harpagus bidentatus	500 000 – 4 999 999	LC
Lesser yellow-headed vulture	Cathartes burrovianus	500 000 – 4 999 999	LC
Plumbeous kite	Ictinia plumbea	500 000 – 4 999 999	LC
Roadside hawk	Buteo magnirostris	500 000 – 4 999 999	LC
White-tailed kite	Elanus leucurus	500 000 – 4 999 999	LC
Eurasian sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	1 500 000	LC		Minimum estimate.
Common buzzard	Buteo buteo	4 000 000	LC
Turkey vulture	Cathartes aura	4,500,000	LC
Black kite	Milvus migrans	4,700,000-5,900,000	LC	Unknown	Preliminary estimate.
Black vulture	Coragyps atratus	20,000,000	LC

See also

• Lists of birds by population
• Lists of organisms by population