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)
Please contact us directly should you require more information.