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African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusHawks & Eagles
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusHawks & Eagles
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisHawks & Eagles
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataHawks & Eagles
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusHawks & Eagles
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusHawks & Eagles
BuzzardButeo buteoHawks & Eagles
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusHawks & Eagles
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusHawks & Eagles
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusHawks & Eagles
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusHawks & Eagles
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosHawks & Eagles
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusHawks & Eagles
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaHawks & Eagles
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusHawks & Eagles
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusHawks & Eagles
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisHawks & Eagles
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusHawks & Eagles
Philippine EaglePithecophaga jefferyiHawks & Eagles
Red KiteMilvus milvusHawks & Eagles
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusHawks & Eagles
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisHawks & Eagles
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisHawks & Eagles
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusHawks & Eagles
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusHawks & Eagles
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusHawks & Eagles
Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusHawks & Eagles
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusHawks & Eagles
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurusHawks & Eagles
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaHawks & Eagles

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Lithuania11
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