Order Falconiformes

Family Pandionidae Bonaparte 1854, ospreys

Genus Pandion Savigny 1809

• Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus 1758) – Osprey, Sea hawk or Fish eagle – rare or common, nests Благосклонов, 1960; personal message by Г. С. Еремкина.

Family Accipitridae Vigors 1824

Genus Accipiter Brisson 1760

• Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus 1758) - Northern Goshawk - rare, nests. In the printed Catalogue (2008) was indicated as common, but according to the latest data, it is found regularly, but less frequently than the sparrowhawk (Kvartalnov, personal, 2023).
• Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus 1758) - Eurasian Sparrowhawk or Northern Sparrowhawk - rare, nests.

Genus Buteo Lacépède 1799

• Buteo buteo (Linnaeus 1758) - Common Buzzard - rare, nests – Благосклонов, 1960.
• Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan 1763) – Rough-legged Buzzard, Rough-legged Hawk – rare, nests.

Genus Aquila Brisson, 1760

• Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758) - golden eagle - probably nests on the Veliky island, sometimes hunts around the White Sea Biological Station.

Genus Haliaeetus Savigny 1809

• Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus 1758) – White-tailed Eagle, Sea Eagle, Erne, or White-tailed Sea-eagle; nests – personal message by П. В. Квартальнов, Г. С. Еремкин.

Genus Pernis Cuvier 1817

• Pernus apivorus (Linnaeus 1758) – European Honey Buzzard - rare, nests - Бианки и др., 1993.

Genus Circus

• Circus pygargus L., 1758 - Montagu's harrier - rare, during post-breeding wanderings (P. Kvartalnov, personal communication).
• Circus aeruginosuss L., 1758 - Western marsh harrier - rare, during post-breeding wanderings (P. Kvartalnov, personal communication).
• Circus cyaneus L. 1766 - Hen harrier - rare, during post-breeding wanderings (P. Kvartalnov, personal communication).

Family Falconidae Leach 1820, falcons and caracaras

Genus Falco Linnaeus 1758

• Falco subbuteo Linnaeus 1758 – Eurasian Hobby, Hobby – nests near the White Sea Biological Station village (Voronetzky, 1988; P. Kvartalnov - personal communication).
• Falco tunniculus Linnaeus 1758 - Common Kestrel, European Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel, or Old World Kestrel - rare, nests (Blagosklonov, 1960; Kvartalnov, personal, 2023).
• Falco peregrinus (Tunstall, 1771) - Peregrine Falcon - rare - One pair breeds apart from the area coveres by the Catalogue 6 km from WSBS (Krasnova, personal report); regullary hunts around the White Sea Biological Station village (P. Kvartalnov, personal communication).
• Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758 - merlin . Rare. Encounted near WSBS (Kvartalnov, 2022).

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