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| Raptor group | Subspecies number | English name | Abbreviation | Photo? |
| Vultures | 10 | Bearded Vulture | BV | |
| Vultures | 20 | White-backed Vulture | WBV | |
| Vultures | 30 | Rüeppell’s Vulture | RV | |
| Vultures | 40 | Cape Vulture | CV | |
| Vultures | 50 | Eurasian Griffon Vulture | GV | Y |
| Vultures | 60 | White-headed Vulture | WHV | |
| Vultures | 70 | Lappet-faced Vulture | LFV | |
| Vultures | 80 | Cinereous Vulture | CIN | |
| Vultures | 90 | Hooded Vulture | HV | Y |
| Vultures | 100 | Egyptian Vulture | EV | |
| Vultures | 110 | Palm-nut Vulture | PNV | |
| Kites & others | 120 | Secretarybird | SB | |
| Kites & others | 130 | Osprey | OSP | |
| Fish / snake eagles | 140 | African Fish-eagle | AFE | Y |
| Fish / snake eagles | 150 | Madagascar Fish-eagle | MFE | |
| Fish / snake eagles | 160 | White-tailed Eagle | WTSE | |
| Fish / snake eagles | 170 | Bateleur | BAT | Y |
| Fish / snake eagles | 180 | Brown Snake-eagle | BSE | |
| Fish / snake eagles | 190 | Black-breasted Snake-eagle | BBSE | |
| Fish / snake eagles | 200 | Beaudouin’s Snake-eagle | BDSE | |
| Fish / snake eagles | 210 | Short-toed Snake-eagle | STE | |
| Fish / snake eagles | 220 | Southern Banded Snake-eagle | SBSE | |
| Fish / snake eagles | 230 | Western Banded Snake-eagle | WBSE | |
| Fish / snake eagles | 240 | Congo Serpent-eagle | CSE | Y |
| Fish / snake eagles | 250 | Madagascar Serpent-eagle | MSE | |
| Eagles | 260 | Martial Eagle | ME | |
| Eagles | 270 | Crowned Eagle | CE | |
| Eagles | 280 | Verreaux’s Eagle | VE | Y |
| Eagles | 290 | Tawny Eagle | TE | Y |
| Eagles | 300 | Steppe Eagle | SE | |
| Eagles | 310 | Lesser Spotted Eagle | LSE | |
| Eagles | 320 | Greater Spotted Eagle | GSE | |
| Eagles | 330 | Spanish Imperial Eagle | SIE | |
| Eagles | 340 | Eastern Imperial Eagle | EIE | |
| Eagles | 350 | Golden Eagle | GE | |
| Eagles | 360 | Long-crested Eagle | LCE | Y |
| Eagles | 370 | African Hawk-eagle | AHE | |
| Eagles | 380 | Bonelli’s Eagle | BHE | |
| Eagles | 390 | Ayres’s Hawk-eagle | AYR | |
| Eagles | 400 | Cassin’s Hawk-eagle | CHE | |
| Eagles | 410 | Booted Eagle | BTE | |
| Eagles | 420 | Wahlberg’s Eagle | WAH | |
| Buzzards | 430 | Eurasian Buzzard | EBZ | |
| Buzzards | 431 | Steppe Buzzard | SBZ | Y |
| Buzzards | 440 | Mountain Buzzard | MBZ | |
| Buzzards | 441 | Forest Buzzard | FBZ | |
| Buzzards | 450 | Madagascar Buzzard | MADBZ | |
| Buzzards | 460 | Long-legged Buzzard | LLBZ | |
| Buzzards | 461 | Socotra Buzzard | SCTBZ | |
| Buzzards | 470 | Rough-legged Buzzard | RLBZ | |
| Buzzards | 480 | Jackal Buzzard | JBZ | |
| Buzzards | 490 | Augur Buzzard | ABZ | Y |
| Buzzards | 492 | Archer’s Buzzard | ARCHBZ | |
| Buzzards | 500 | Red-necked Buzzard | RNBZ | |
| Buzzards | 510 | Grasshopper Buzzard | GHBZ | |
| Buzzards | 520 | European Honey-buzzard | HBZ | |
| Buzzards | 530 | Oriental Honey-buzzard | OHBZ | |
| Harriers | 540 | African Marsh Harrier | AMH | |
| Harriers | 550 | Western Marsh Harrier | WMH | |
| Harriers | 560 | Madagascar Harrier | MADH | |
| Harriers | 561 | Reunion Harrier | RH | |
| Harriers | 570 | Black Harrier | BH | |
| Harriers | 580 | Montagu’s Harrier | MTH | |
| Harriers | 590 | Pallid Harrier | PH | |
| Harriers | 600 | Hen Harrier | HH | |
| Hawks | 610 | African Harrier-hawk | AFHH | |
| Hawks | 620 | Madagascar Harrier-hawk | MADHH | |
| Hawks | 630 | Long-tailed Hawk | LTH | |
| Hawks | 640 | Dark Chanting-goshawk | DCG | |
| Hawks | 650 | Pale Chanting-goshawk | PCG | |
| Hawks | 660 | Eastern Pale Chanting-goshawk | EPCG | |
| Hawks | 670 | Lizard Buzzard | LBZ | |
| Hawks | 680 | Gabar Goshawk | GG | Y |
| Hawks | 690 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | OVS | |
| Hawks | 700 | Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | RBS | |
| Hawks | 710 | Madagascar Sparrowhawk | MADS | |
| Hawks | 720 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | ES | Y |
| Hawks | 730 | Shikra | SHIK | |
| Hawks | 740 | Frances’s Sparrowhawk | FS | |
| Hawks | 750 | Levant Sparrowhawk | LVS | |
| Hawks | 760 | African Goshawk | AG | |
| Hawks | 762 | West African Goshawk | WAG | |
| Hawks | 770 | Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk | CFS | |
| Hawks | 780 | Little Sparrowhawk | LS | |
| Hawks | 790 | Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | RTS | |
| Hawks | 800 | Black Sparrowhawk | BS | |
| Hawks | 810 | Henst’s Goshawk | HG | |
| Hawks | 820 | Northern Goshawk | NG | |
| Kites & others | 830 | Black or Yellow-billed Kite | B/YBK | |
| Kites & others | 831 | Black Kite | BK | |
| Kites & others | 832 | Yellow-billed Kite | YBK | |
| Kites & others | 840 | Red Kite | RDK | |
| Kites & others | 850 | African Cuckoo-hawk | ACH | Y |
| Kites & others | 860 | Madagascar Cuckoo-hawk | MADCH | |
| Kites & others | 870 | Black-shouldered Kite | BSK | Y |
| Kites & others | 880 | African Swallow-tailed Kite | ASTK | |
| Kites & others | 890 | Bat Hawk | BATH | Y |
| Falcons | 900 | Pygmy Falcon | PYGF | Y |
| Falcons | 910 | Lanner Falcon | LF | Y |
| Falcons | 920 | Peregrine Falcon | PF | Y |
| Falcons | 922 | Barbary Falcon | BF | |
| Falcons | 930 | Saker Falcon | SKF | |
| Falcons | 940 | Eleonora’s Falcon | EF | |
| Falcons | 950 | Taita Falcon | TF | |
| Falcons | 960 | Red-necked Falcon | RNF | Y |
| Falcons | 970 | Merlin | MER | |
| Falcons | 980 | African Hobby | AFH | |
| Falcons | 990 | Eurasian Hobby | EURH | |
| Falcons | 1000 | Sooty Falcon | SF | |
| Kestrels | 1010 | Amur Falcon | AMF | |
| Kestrels | 1020 | Red-footed Falcon | RFF | |
| Kestrels | 1030 | Grey Kestrel | GRK | Y |
| Kestrels | 1040 | Dickinson’s Kestrel | DK | |
| Kestrels | 1050 | Banded Kestrel | BDK | |
| Kestrels | 1060 | Common Kestrel | C/M/RK | |
| Kestrels | 1061 | Eurasian Kestrel | CK | |
| Kestrels | 1062 | Mountain Kestrel | MK | |
| Kestrels | 1063 | Rock Kestrel | RK | Y |
| Kestrels | 1070 | Greater Kestrel | GTK | Y |
| Kestrels | 1080 | Fox Kestrel | FK | |
| Kestrels | 1090 | Lesser Kestrel | LK | |
| Kestrels | 1100 | Madagascar Kestrel | MADK | |
| Kestrels | 1110 | Mauritius Kestrel | MAURK | |
| Kestrels | 1120 | Seychelles Kestrel | SEYK | |
| Owls | 1130 | Giant Eagle-owl | GEO | |
| Owls | 1140 | Cape Eagle-owl | CEO | |
| Owls | 1150 | Pharoah Eagle-owl | PEO | |
| Owls | 1160 | Eurasian Eagle-owl | EEO | |
| Owls | 1170 | Spotted Eagle-owl | SPEO | |
| Owls | 1172 | Greyish Eagle-owl | GREYEO | |
| Owls | 1180 | Akun Eagle-owl | AEO | |
| Owls | 1190 | Fraser’s Eagle-owl | FEO | |
| Owls | 1192 | Usambara Eagle-owl | UEO | |
| Owls | 1200 | Pel’s Fishing-owl | PFO | |
| Owls | 1210 | Vermiculated Fishing-owl | VFO | |
| Owls | 1220 | Rufous Fishing-owl | RFO | |
| Owls | 1230 | Marsh Owl | MARO | |
| Owls | 1240 | Short-eared Owl | SHEO | |
| Owls | 1250 | Abyssinian Owl | AO | |
| Owls | 1260 | Madagascar Owl | MADO | |
| Owls | 1270 | Eurasian Long-eared Owl | ELEO | |
| Owls | 1280 | African Wood Owl | AWO | Y |
| Owls | 1290 | Madagascar Red Owl | MADRO | |
| Owls | 1300 | Barn Owl | BO | |
| Owls | 1310 | African Grass-owl | AGO | |
| Owls | 1320 | Maned Owl | MANO | |
| Owls | 1330 | Madagascar Hawk-owl | MADHO | |
| Owls | 1340 | Hume’s Owl | HUMO | |
| Owls | 1350 | Tawny Owl | TAWNO | |
| Owls | 1360 | Red-chested Owlet | RCO | |
| Owls | 1370 | African Barred Owlet | ABO | |
| Owls | 1372 | Chestnut Owlet | CHO | |
| Owls | 1380 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | PSO | |
| Owls | 1390 | Chestnut-backed Owlet | CBO | |
| Owls | 1400 | Little Owl | LO | |
| Owls | 1410 | White-faced Scops-owl | WFSO | |
| Owls | 1420 | African Scops-owl | ASO | |
| Owls | 1430 | Sokoke Scops-owl | SKSO | |
| Owls | 1440 | Eurasian Scops-owl | ESO | |
| Owls | 1450 | Pallid Scops-owl | PLDSO | |
| Owls | 1460 | Sandy Scops-owl | SNSO | |
| Owls | 1470 | Madagascar Scops-owl | MADSO | |
| Owls | 1480 | Pemba Scops-owl | PEMSO | |
| Owls | 1490 | Grande Comore Scops-owl | GCSO | |
| Owls | 1500 | Anjouan Scops-owl | ANSO | |
| Owls | 1510 | Seychelles Scops-owl | SEISO | |
| Owls | 1520 | Congo Bay-owl | CONBO | |
| Owls | 1530 | Shelley’s Eagle-owl | SHELEO | |
| Owls | 1540 | Albertine Owlet | ALBO | |
| Owls | 1550 | São Tomé Scops-owl | STSO | |
| Mystery / non-raptor | 9991 | Southern Ground-hornbill | SGHB |