The following is a list of the Raptor Species at the Raptor Foundation:

Main collection species

Buzzards & Hawks

• Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
• Red-Tailed Buzzard (Buteo jamaicensis)
• Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)

Harriers & Kites

• Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Falcons

• Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
• •American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
• Lanner (Falco biarmicus)
• Saker (Falco cherrug)
• Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
• Lugger (Falco jugger)

Hybrid falcons

• •Gyr-Saker (Falco rusticolus x Falco cherrug

Caracaras

• Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis)

Eagles

• Black-chested Buzzard-eagle (Chilean Blue Eagle) (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)
• Bateleur Eagle(Terathopius ecaudatus)
• Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Owls

• British Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
• African Barn Owl (Tyto alba affinis)
• Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
• Chaco Owl (Strix chacoensis)
• Long Eared Owl (Asio otus)
• Short Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
• European Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)
• Siberian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo sibiricus)
• Steppe-eagle owl (Bubo bubo turcomanus)
• Indian Eagle Owl (Bubo bengalensis)
• Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
• Venezuelan Great-horned owl (Bubo virginianus nacurutu)
• African Spotted Eagle Owl (Bubo africanus)
• Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
• Great Grey owl (Strix nebulosa)
• Brown Wood Owl (Strix leptogrammica)
• Great Horned-African Spotted Hybrid (Bubo virginianus x Bubo africanus)
• Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
• Northern White Faced Scops Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis)

Non Raptors

• Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
• Northern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
• Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata)

Additional species through hospital

These birds do not go on public display as many of them are returned to the wild.

• Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
• Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
• Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
• Merlin (Falco columbarius)
• Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

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