Editing Hawk (section)

== Groups ==

=== ''Accipiterine'' group ===

Accipitrine hawks generally hunt other birds as their primary prey and thus are sometimes called "hen-hawks". Similarly, they are sometimes called "wood-hawks" because of their [[woodland]] [[habitat]]. Though they are also known as "true hawks" With most being called "sparrowhawks" or "goshawks" with the both being named such because of them hunting small birds (like sparrow) and large water-fowl (like goose) respectively

The [[subfamily]] [[Accipitrinae]] contains the genus ''[[Accipiter]]'' as well as the [[genus|genera]] ''[[Micronisus]]'' (Gabar goshawk), ''[[Urotriorchis]]'' (long-tailed hawk), and ''[[Megatriorchis]]'' (Doria's goshawk). ''[[Melierax]]'' (chanting goshawk) may be included in the subfamily or given a subfamily of its own.

''[[Erythrotriorchis]]'' (red- and chestnut-shouldered goshawk) is traditionally included in Accipitridae, but is possibly a convergent genus from an unrelated group (see [[Red goshawk#Taxonomy|red goshawk taxonomy]]).

=== ''Buteonine'' group ===

The "[[Buteoninae|''Buteonine'' group]]" includes genera ''[[Buteo]]'', ''[[Parabuteo]]'', ''[[Geranoaetus|Geranoetus]]'', and most of ''[[Leucopternis]]''. Members of this group have also been called "hawk-buzzards".<ref name="EA1920">{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|date=1920|chapter=Hawk}}</ref>

The proposed new genera ''[[Morphnarchus]]'', ''[[Rupornis]]'', and ''[[Pseudastur]]'' would be formed from members of ''Buteo'' and ''Leucopternis''.<ref name=SACC460>{{cite web|last1=Remsen|first1=Van|title=Revise generic boundaries in the ''Buteo'' group. Proposal (460) to the South American Classification Committee|url=http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop460.html|access-date=22 June 2014|date=August 2010}}</ref>

Members of the "''[[Buteogallus]]'' group" are also called hawks, with the exception of solitary eagle species. ''Buteo'' is the type genus of the subfamily Buteoninae. This subfamily traditionally includes eagles and sea-eagles, but Lerner and Mindell (2005)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farnsworth |first=Matt |date=2024-01-12 |title=Eagle-eyed and Soaring: The Buteo Biography |url=https://theworldsrarestbirds.com/buteo/ |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=The Worlds Rarest Birds |language=en-US}}</ref> proposed placing them into separate the subfamilies Aquilinae and Haliaaetinae. This would leave only the buteonine hawks/buzzards in Buteoninae.