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Accipiter is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. 
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".

1/ Crested goshawk (Ưng Ấn Độ, Accipiter trivirgatus) 
2/ Besra (Ưng bụng hung, Accipiter virgatus), also called the besra sparrowhawk
3/ Eurasian goshawk (Ưng lớn, Accipiter gentilis)
4/ Chinese sparrowhawk ( Ưng lưng đen, Accipiter soloensis)
5/ Eurasian sparrowhawk (Ưng mày trắng, Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk
6/ Japanese sparrowhawk (Ưng Nhật Bản, Accipiter gularis)
7/ Shikra (Ưng xám, Accipiter badius) 

The Accipitridae is one of the three families within the order Accipitriformes, and is a family of small to large birds of prey with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. 

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).

Aegypius is a genus of Old World vultures found in the subfamily Gypinae. Of the three species in the genus, only the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is extant.

1/ Cinereous vulture (Đại bàng đầu trọc, Aegypius monachus)

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Aegypius is a Greek word (αἰγυπιός) for 'vulture', or a bird not unlike one; Aelian describes the aegypius as "halfway between a vulture (gyps) and an eagle".

Aquila is the genus of true eagles. 

1/ Eastern imperial eagle (Đại bàng đầu nâu, Aquila heliaca)
2/ Steppe eagle (Đại bàng hung, Aquila nipalensis) 
3/ Tawny eagle (Đại bàng nâu, Aquila rapax) 
4/ Bonelli's eagle (Đại bàng má trắng, Aquila fasciata)

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Aquila is Latin for "eagle", possibly derived from aquilus, "dark in colour".

The bazas, Aviceda, are a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, sometimes known as cuckoo-hawks. 

1/ Jerdon's baza (Diều hoa Jerdon, Aviceda jerdoni)
2/ Black baza (Diều mào, Aviceda leuphotes)

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
Aviceda: Latin: avis 'bird'; -cida 'killer', from caedere 'to kill'.

Bonelli's eagle 
(Đại bàng má trắng, Aquila fasciata)

Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

This species breeds from southern Europe, Africa and across the Indian Subcontinent to Indonesia. 
In Eurasia, this species may be found as far west as Portugal and as far east as southeastern China and Thailand.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Aquila is Latin for "eagle", possibly derived from aquilus, "dark in colour".
The specific name fasciata comes from the Late Latin word "fascia", meaning "band" or "stripe".

Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) 

The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
This bird species has a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia, wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia.

Accipitriformes, Accipitridae:
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).

Hieraaetus is derived from Ancient Greek: hierax (ἱέραξ), meaning "hawk," and aetos (ἀετός), meaning "eagle".
Pennatus is a Latin adjective meaning "feathered," "winged," or "furnished with wings"; 
it is derived from penna ("feather, wing") + -ātus ("-ed").

Butastur is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.

1/ Grey-faced buzzard (Diều Ấn độ, Butastur indicus)
2/ Rufous-winged buzzard (Diều xám, Butastur liventer)

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Butastur is a combination of the Latin words buteo (meaning "buzzard") and astur (meaning "a hawk"), referring to a genus of birds that share characteristics of both. The name was created by combining the existing genera Buteo and Astur to describe a type of hawk or buzzard.

Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. Buteo is the Latin name of the common buzzard.

1/ Common buzzard (Diều thường, Buteo buteo)
2/ Eastern buzzard or Japanese buzzard (Diều Nhật Bản, Buteo japonicus)

Buteo (Latin): Refers to a buzzard, a type of bird of prey. 

Cinereous vulture (Đại bàng đầu trọc, Aegypius monachus)
also known as the black vulture, Eurasian black vulture, and monk vulture

The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is a very large raptor in the family Accipitridae distributed through much of temperate Eurasia.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Aegypius is a Greek word (αἰγυπιός) for 'vulture', or a bird not unlike one; Aelian describes the aegypius as "halfway between a vulture (gyps) and an eagle".
Monachus is a Late Latin noun meaning "monk" or "solitary person," derived directly from the Ancient Greek monakhós (μοναχός), meaning "single," "solitary," or "hermit". It is derived from the Greek word mónos (μόνος), meaning "alone" or "solitary". 

Circaetus, the snake eagles, is a genus of medium-sized eagles in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.

1/ Short-toed snake eagle (Diều ngón ngắn, Circaetus gallicus), also known as the short-toed eagle

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Circaetus is is from the Ancient Greek kirkos, a type of hawk, and aetos, "eagle". 

Clanga is a genus which contains the spotted eagles. 

1/ Greater spotted eagle (Đại bàng đen, Clanga clanga), also called the spotted eagle
Once thought to be a member of the genus Aquila, but was reclassified to a distinct genus, Clanga, along with the two other species of spotted eagle.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name is from Ancient Greek klangos, "eagle".

Eastern imperial eagle (Đại bàng đầu nâu, Aquila heliaca)

The eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) is a large bird of prey that breeds from southeastern Europe through West and Central Asia. 
Most populations are migratory and winter in northeastern Africa, the Middle East and South and East Asia.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Aquila is Latin for "eagle", possibly derived from aquilus, "dark in colour".
The word heliacal is from the mid-16th century. Its source is the Greek word hēlios or hēliakos, meaning "sun." Helios is also the Sun god of ancient Greece.
The Latin “hēliacus” and also the Greek “ἡλιακός,” both meaning “sun”.

Elanus is a genus of bird of prey in the elanine kite subfamily. The name is from the Ancient Greek elanos for a "kite".

1/ Black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite

Greater spotted eagle (Đại bàng đen, Clanga clanga), also called the spotted eagle
Once thought to be a member of the genus Aquila, but was reclassified to a distinct genus, Clanga, along with the two other species of spotted eagle.

The greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga) is a large migratory bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

During breeding season, this bird is found across Eastern Europe, parts of Central Europe, central Russia, central Asia and parts of China. 
During winter, this bird species migrate, primarily to South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the upper Mediterranean Basin, and parts of East Africa.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Clanga is from Ancient Greek klangos, "eagle".

Gyps is a genus of Old World vultures whose members are sometimes known as griffon vultures.

1/ Indian vulture or long-billed vulture (Kền kền Ấn Độ, Gyps indicus)
The genus name is from Ancient Greek gups meaning "vulture" and the species name is Neo-Latin indicus from the Ancient Greek "indikos" meaning "Indian".

2/ White-rumped vulture (Kền kền măng gan, Gyps bengalensis)

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
"-gyps" comes from the Greek word "gyps" or "gups" (meaning "vulture").

Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Ichthyophaga.

1/ Pallas's fish eagle (Đại bàng biển đuôi trắng, Haliaeetus leucoryphus), also known as Pallas's sea eagle or band-tailed fish eagle

Accipitriformes, Accipitridae:
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name is from Latin haliaetus or haliaetos meaning "sea-eagle" or "osprey".

Haliastur is a genus of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey. 

1/ Brahminy kite (Diều lửa, Haliastur indus), also known as the red-backed sea-eagle

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The name of the genus Haliastur combines the Ancient Greek hali- "sea-" and the Latin astur meaning "hawk".

The genus Hieraaetus, sometimes known as small eagles or hawk-eagles, denotes a group of smallish eagles usually placed in the accipitrid subfamilies Buteoninae or Aquilinae.

1/ Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) 

Accipitriformes, Accipitridae:
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).

Hieraaetus is derived from Ancient Greek: hierax (ἱέραξ), meaning "hawk," and aetos (ἀετός), meaning "eagle".

Icthyophaga or Ichthyophaga is a genus of six species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Haliaeetus. Some taxonomic authorities place this genus within Haliaeetus.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
ichthyaetus: Greek: ikhthus fish; aetos eagle.
Ichthyophaga Greek ikhthuophagos fish-eating (ikhthus: fish; -phagos -eating;  phagein to eat or "devour").

1/ White-bellied sea eagle (Đại bàng biển bụng trắng, Icthyophaga leucogaster), also known as the white-breasted sea eagle
Also Haliaeetus leucogaster.
2/ Grey-headed fish eagle (Diều cá đầu xám, Icthyophaga ichthyaetus)
3/ Lesser fish eagle (Diều cá bé, Icthyophaga humilis)