鵟亚科，Buteoninae，是鹰科下的一个亚科。鵟的种类很多，但在中国只有4种，即：棕尾鵟、大鵟、普通鵟和毛脚鵟。

大鵟主要生活在东北和西北山地及草原上，一般都单独活动，冬季有时会三五成群，主要猎食鼠类。普通鵟\几乎遍及我国大江南北，主要以蛙蛇虫鸟为食，有时也吃一些小型猛禽的尸体。鵟有一个外号，叫“白腰鵟”，因为有些鵟\身上羽毛的颜色像豹的花纹，另外，它们在食物不足时竟会吃掉自己的同类，甚至是“亲骨肉”。

鵟鹰属 Butastur (buzzards)

灰脸鵟鹰 Butastur indicus (grey-faced buzzard)

棕翅鵟鹰 Butastur liventer (rufous-winged buzzard)

蝗鵟鹰 Butastur rufipennis (grasshopper buzzard)

白眼鵟鹰 Butastur teesa (white-eyed buzzard)

鹤鵟属 Geranospiza (crane-hawk)

鹤鵟 Geranospiza caerulescens (crane hawk)

南美鵟属 Leucopternis (neotropical hawks)

白领南美鵟 Leucopternis albicollis (white hawk)

白眉南美鵟 Leucopternis kuhli (white-browed hawk)

白颈南美鵟 Leucopternis lacernulatus (white-necked )

黑脸南美鵟 Leucopternis melanops (黑色faced hawk)

灰背南美鵟 Leucopternis occidentalis (grey-backed hawk)

铅色南美鵟 Leucopternis plumbeus (plumbeous hawk)

斗蓬南美鵟 Leucopternis polionotus (mantled hawk)

横斑南美鵟 Leucopternis princeps (barred hawk)

青灰南美鵟 Leucopternis schistaceus (slate-coloured hawk)

淡灰南美鵟 Leucopternis semiplumbeus (semiplumbeous )

鸡鵟属 Buteogallus (black-hawks)

棕鸡鵟 Buteogallus aequinoctialis (rufous crab hawk)

黑鸡鵟 Buteogallus anthracinus (common black hawk)

草原鸡鵟 Buteogallus meridionalis (savanna hawk)

红树黑鸡鵟 Buteogallus subtilis (mangrove black hawk)

大黑鸡鵟 Buteogallus urubitinga (great 黑色 hawk)

栗翅鹰 Parabuteo (Harris's hawks)

栗翅鹰 Parabuteo unicinctus (Harris's hawk)

黑领鹰属 Busarellus (black-collared hawk)

黑领鹰 Busarellus nigricollis (black-collared hawk)

鵟雕属 Geranoaetus (black-chested buzzard-eagle)

鵟雕 Geranoaetus melanoleucus

如冕雕属 Harpyhaliaetus (solitary eagle and crowned eagle)

冕雕 Harpyhaliaetus coronatus (crowned eagle)

孤冕雕 Harpyhaliaetus solitarius (solitary eagle)

鵟属 (buteonine hawks and buzzards)

白尾鵟雕 Buteo albicaudatus (white-白尾鳾缅越亚种 hawk)

白喉鵟 Buteo albigula (white-红喉鴷雀 hawk)

斑尾鵟 Buteo albonotatus (zone-查科裸尾犰狳 hawk)

非洲鵟 Buteo augur (Augur buzzard)

赤颈鵟 Buteo auguralis (红色necked buzzard)

马岛鵟 Buteo brachypterus (Madagascan buzzard)

短尾鵟 Buteo brachyurus (short-白尾鳾缅越亚种 hawk)

普通鵟 Buteo buteo (common buzzard)

加拉帕戈斯群岛𫛭 Buteo galapagoensis (Galapagos hawk)

大鵟 Buteo hemilasius (upland buzzard)

红尾𫛭 Buteo jamaicensis (红色查科裸尾犰狳 hawk)

毛脚鵟 Buteo lagopus (rough-legged buzzard)

白腰鵟 Buteo leucorrhous (white-金腰燕东非亚种 hawk)

赤肩鵟 Buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk)

阔嘴鵟 Buteo magnirostris (roadside hawk)

山鵟 Buteo oreophilus (mountain buzzard)

巨翅鵟 Buteo platypterus (broad-金翅噪鹛 hawk)

变色鵟 Buteo poecilochrous (puna hawk)

红背鵟 Buteo polyosoma (红色backed hawk)

王鵟 Buteo regalis (ferruginous hawk)

岛𫛭 Buteo ridgwayi (Ridgway's hawk)

棕尾鵟 Buteo rufinus (long-棕斑林鸮 buzzard)

暗棕鵟 Buteo rufofuscus (jackal buzzard)

孤鵟 Buteo solitarius (Hawaiian hawk)

斯温氏𫛭 Buteo swainsoni (Swainson's hawk)

美洲棕尾鵟 Buteo ventralis (rufous-白尾鳾缅越亚种 hawk)