Order FALCONIFORMES

Birds of Prey
About 237 species of diurnal birds of prey, with strong curved beaks with a hooked tip and strong legs with powerful claws; this equipment enables them to prey on other living creatures, such as small mammals, birds, snakes, fish, and reptiles. Most build large nests of sticks on tree or cliffs, and the young are unable to leave the nest for several weeks after hatching. Identification in the field is not easy, partly they are usually seen at long range, partly because some species are polymorphic, or otherwise show a wide range of plumage variation. The outline of the bird on the wing and its flight behaviour should suffice to place it in one of the carious more or less artificial groups into which the family is divided. Of the 27 species in Borneo, 17 are resident and 11 non-breeding or vagrant.(Smythies, The Birds of Borneo, 1999)

Photographed Species (* denotes Bornean Endemic)

Family Accipitridae (Hawks and Eagles)
(Accipitor trivirgatus)	Crested Goshawk
(Elanus caeruleus)	Black-winged Kite
(Haliaeetus leucogaster)	White-bellied Sea Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucogaster) Nest	White Bellied Sea Eagle Nest
(Haliastur indus)	Brahminy Kite
(Hieraaetus kienerii)	Rufous-bellied Hawk-eagle
(Ichthyophaga humilis)	Lesser Fish Eagle
(Ictinaetus malayensis)	Black Eagle
(Pernis ptilorhyncus)	Oriental Honey-buzzard
(Spilornis cheela)	Crested Serpent Eagle
(Spizaetus alboniger)	Blyth's Hawk-eagle
(Spizaetus cirrhatus)	Changeable Hawk-eagle
(Spizaetus nanus nanus)	Wallace's Hawk-eagle
Family Pandionidae (Osprey)
(Panadion haliaetus)	Osprey
Family Falconidae (Falcons)
(Falco pereginus)	Peregrine Falcon
*(Microhierax latifrons)	*Bornean Falconet