鵟亞科，Buteoninae，是鷹科下的一個亞科。鵟的種類很多，但在中國只有4種，即：棕尾鵟、大鵟、普通鵟和毛腳鵟。
生活習性
大鵟主要生活在東北和西北山地及草原上，一般都單獨活動，冬季有時會三五成群，主要獵食鼠類。普通鵟\幾乎遍及我國大江南北，主要以蛙蛇蟲鳥為食，有時也吃一些小型猛禽的尸體。鵟有一個外號，叫“白腰鵟”，因為有些鵟\身上羽毛的顏色像豹的花紋，另外，它們在食物不足時竟會吃掉自己的同類，甚至是“親骨肉”。
鵟亞科的種類
鵟鷹屬 Butastur (buzzards)
灰臉鵟鷹 Butastur indicus (grey-faced buzzard)
棕翅鵟鷹 Butastur liventer (rufous-winged buzzard)
蝗鵟鷹 Butastur rufipennis (grasshopper buzzard)
白眼鵟鷹 Butastur teesa (white-eyed buzzard)
鶴鵟屬 Geranospiza (crane-hawk)
鶴鵟 Geranospiza caerulescens (crane hawk)
南美鵟屬 Leucopternis (neotropical hawks)
白領南美鵟 Leucopternis albicollis (white hawk)
白眉南美鵟 Leucopternis kuhli (white-browed hawk)
白頸南美鵟 Leucopternis lacernulatus (white-necked )
黑臉南美鵟 Leucopternis melanops (黑色faced hawk)
灰背南美鵟 Leucopternis occidentalis (grey-backed hawk)
鉛色南美鵟 Leucopternis plumbeus (plumbeous hawk)
斗蓬南美鵟 Leucopternis polionotus (mantled hawk)
橫斑南美鵟 Leucopternis princeps (barred hawk)
青灰南美鵟 Leucopternis schistaceus (slate-coloured hawk)
淡灰南美鵟 Leucopternis semiplumbeus (semiplumbeous )
雞鵟屬 Buteogallus (black-hawks)
棕雞鵟 Buteogallus aequinoctialis (rufous crab hawk)
黑雞鵟 Buteogallus anthracinus (common black hawk)
草原雞鵟 Buteogallus meridionalis (savanna hawk)
紅樹黑雞鵟 Buteogallus subtilis (mangrove black hawk)
大黑雞鵟 Buteogallus urubitinga (great 黑色 hawk)
栗翅鷹 Parabuteo (Harris's hawks)
栗翅鷹 Parabuteo unicinctus (Harris's hawk)
黑領鷹屬 Busarellus (black-collared hawk)
黑領鷹 Busarellus nigricollis (black-collared hawk)
鵟雕屬 Geranoaetus (black-chested buzzard-eagle)
鵟雕 Geranoaetus melanoleucus
如冕雕屬 Harpyhaliaetus (solitary eagle and crowned eagle)
冕雕 Harpyhaliaetus coronatus (crowned eagle)
孤冕雕 Harpyhaliaetus solitarius (solitary eagle)
鵟屬 (buteonine hawks and buzzards)
白尾鵟雕 Buteo albicaudatus (white-白尾鳾緬越亞種 hawk)
白喉鵟 Buteo albigula (white-紅喉鴷雀 hawk)
斑尾鵟 Buteo albonotatus (zone-查科裸尾犰狳 hawk)
非洲鵟 Buteo augur (Augur buzzard)
赤頸鵟 Buteo auguralis (紅色necked buzzard)
馬島鵟 Buteo brachypterus (Madagascan buzzard)
短尾鵟 Buteo brachyurus (short-白尾鳾緬越亞種 hawk)
普通鵟 Buteo buteo (common buzzard)
加拉帕戈斯群島?? Buteo galapagoensis (Galapagos hawk)
大鵟 Buteo hemilasius (upland buzzard)
紅尾?? Buteo jamaicensis (紅色查科裸尾犰狳 hawk)
毛腳鵟 Buteo lagopus (rough-legged buzzard)
白腰鵟 Buteo leucorrhous (white-金腰燕東非亞種 hawk)
赤肩鵟 Buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk)
闊嘴鵟 Buteo magnirostris (roadside hawk)
山鵟 Buteo oreophilus (mountain buzzard)
巨翅鵟 Buteo platypterus (broad-金翅噪鹛 hawk)
變色鵟 Buteo poecilochrous (puna hawk)
紅背鵟 Buteo polyosoma (紅色backed hawk)
王鵟 Buteo regalis (ferruginous hawk)
島?? Buteo ridgwayi (Ridgway's hawk)
棕尾鵟 Buteo rufinus (long-棕斑林鸮 buzzard)
暗棕鵟 Buteo rufofuscus (jackal buzzard)
孤鵟 Buteo solitarius (Hawaiian hawk)
斯溫氏?? Buteo swainsoni (Swainson's hawk)
美洲棕尾鵟 Buteo ventralis (rufous-白尾鳾緬越亞種 hawk)
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