Not all species of raptors are desirable for falconry purposes, and not all are legal at the federal or state level. The birds appearing on this list are the ones most commonly used. Hybrids are a cross between two birds crossed within the Falco Genus produced by natural mating or artificial insemination.
- Common Name
- Scientific Name
- American Kestrel
- Falco sparverius
- Aplomado Falcon
- Falco femoralis femoralis
- Barbary Falcon
- Falco pelegrinoides
- Black Sparrowhawk
- Accipiter melanoleucus
- Bonelli’s Eagle
- Hieraetus fasciatus
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Accipiter Cooperi
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Falco Tinnunculus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Accipiter nisus
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Buteo regalis
- Golden Eagle
- Aquila chrysaetos
- Great Horned Owl
- Bubo virginianus
- Gyrfalcon
- Falco rusticolus
- Harris’ Hawk
- Parabuteo unicinctus
- Hobby
- Falco subbuteo
- Indian Shikra
- Accipiter badius dussumieri
- Lanner Falcon
- Falco biarmicus
- Lugger or Laggar Falcon
- Falco jugger
- Merlin
- Falco columbarius
- Northern Goshawk
- Accipiter gentilis
- Peregrine Falcon
- Falco peregrinus
- Prairie Falcon
- Falco mexicanus
- Red-naped Shaheen
- Falco peregrinus babylonicus
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Buteo lineatus elegans
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Buteo jamaicensis
- Saker Falcon
- Falco cerrung milvipes
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Accipiter striatus
- Taita Falcon
- Falco fasciinucha
- Turumti Falcon (Redheaded Merlin)
- Falco chicquera
