Family Accipitridae Viellot 1816 (hawk)
Parent taxon: Accipitroidea according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Accipiter, Accipitrinae, Aegypiinae, Aquilavus, Aquilinae, Buteo, Buteoninae, Circinae, Cruschedula, Geranoaetus, Gypaetinae, Gypaetus, Gypohierax, Gyps, Haliaeetus, Harpagornis, Harpia, Milvinae, Milvoides, Miohierax, Necrosyrtes, Neophron, Neophrontops, Palaeastur, Palaeohierax, Proictinia, Urubitinga
Ecology: volant carnivore