The Accipitriformes are an order of birds that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey, including hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites, but not falcons.

Formerly included with the falcons in the Falconiformes.
A DNA study published in 2008 indicated that falcons are not closely related to the Accipitriformes, being instead more closely related to parrots and passerines.
Accipitriformes from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk", and Neo-Latin -formes "having the form of".