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)

Scientific Name	Common Name	Link
(Aviceda jerdoni)	Jerdon's Baza	Image
(Circus spilonotus)	Eastern Marsh Harrier	Image
(Elanus caeruleus)	Black-winged Kite	Image
(Haliastur indus)	Brahminy Kite	Image
(Icthyophaga humilis)	Lesser Fish-eagle	Image
(Icthyophaga leucogaster)	White-bellied Fish-eagle	Image
(Icthyophaga leucogaster) Nest	White Bellied Fish-eagle Nest
(Ictinaetus malaiensis)	Black Eagle	Image
(Lophospiza trivirgata)	Crested Goshawk	Image
(Lophotriorchis kienerii)	Rufous-bellied Eagle	Image
(Macheiramphus alcinus)	Bat Hawk	Image
(Nisaetus alboniger)	Blyth's Hawk Eagle	Image
(Nisaetus limnaeetus)	Changeable Hawk Eagle	Image
(Nisaetus nanus)	Wallace's Hawk Eagle	Image
(Pernis ptilorhyncus)	Sunda Honeybuzzard	Image
(Spilornis cheela)	Crested Serpent-eagle	Image
*(Spilornis kinabaluensis)	* Kinabalu Serpent-eagle	Image
(Tachyspiza gularis)	Japanese Sparrowhawk	Image
(Panadion haliaetus)	Osprey	Image
(Falco pereginus)	Peregrine Falcon	Image
*(Microhierax latifrons)	*White-fronted Falconet	Image