Prevent Extinction
Michaela Gustafson
We estimate that more than half of all raptor species are in decline, and 18% are threatened with extinction. Our time-tested, proven strategy of species-based conservation has been a mainstay since we resolved to save the Peregrine Falcon in 1970. We are confident that this approach, in concert with our other key strategies of saving habitat, engaging people, and addressing threats, has the power to stop raptor extinction.
We created our first conservation breeding facility in 1970 to learn how to sustain the dwindling Peregrine Falcon population in North America. Until then, raptors had only rarely hatched in human care, and certainly not at a scale large enough to restore a species.
Among the many challenges of species-based conservation is the need to determine which species require intervention. We estimate there are about 600 raptor species, and many have never been studied, much less monitored or counted. In concert with the IUCN "Red List," we are designing the Global Raptor Impact Network (GRIN), a new tool to gather data and analyze the abundance, distribution, and threats to species in real time.
North America
Africa and Asia
Central and South America
Including the projects highlighted above, The Peregrine Fund has worked with over 100 raptor species in more than 40 countries since 1970.
Abyssinian Long-eared Owl
African Fish-Eagle
African Grass Owl
African White-backed Vulture
American Kestrel
Andean Condor
Aplomado Falcon
Augur Buzzard
Austral Pygmy Owl
Ayre’s Hawk Eagle
Bald Eagle
Banded Kestrel
Bare-shanked Screech Owl
Barred Forest-Falcon
Bat Falcon
Bat Hawk
Bearded Vulture (Lammergeier)
Bicolored Hawk
Black Eagle
Black Hawk-Eagle
Black Kite
Black Vulture
Black-and-Chestnut (Isidor’s) Eagle
Black-and-White Hawk Eagle
Black-and-White Owl
Black-collared Hawk
Buckley’s Forest Falcon
Burrowing Owl
California Condor
Cape Verde Buzzard
Cape Verde Kite
Cape Vulture
Cassin’s Hawk Eagle
Chimango Caracara
Chinese Sparrowhawk
Cinereous Vulture
Collared Forest-Falcon
Common Black Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Costa Rican Pygmy Owl
Crane Hawk
Crested Caracara
Crested Eagle
Crested Owl
Crowned Eagle
Crowned Solitary Eagle
Double-toothed Kite
Eastern Imperial Eagle
Eastern Screech Owl
Egyptian Vulture
Eleonora’s Falcon
Frances’s Sparrowhawk
Galapagos Hawk
Golden Eagle
Goshawk
Gray-headed Kite
Great Black Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Grenada Hook-billed Kite
Grey Falcon
Grey-backed Hawk
Grey-headed Fish Eagle
Gundlach’s Hawk
Gyrfalcon
Harpy Eagle
Harris´s Hawk
Hawaiian Hawk
Henst’s Goshawk
Himalayan Vulture
Hooded Vulture
Hook-billed Kite
Javan Hawk Eagle
King Vulture
Lanner Falcon
Lappet-faced Vulture
Laughing Falcon
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Lined Forest Falcon
Long-billed Vulture
Long-crested Eagle
Long-winged Harrier
Mackinder’s Eagle Owl
Madagascar Buzzard
Madagascar Cuckoo Hawk
Madagascar Fish Eagle
Madagascar Harrier
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk
Madagascar Kestrel
Madagascar Long-eared Owl
Madagascar Red Owl
Madagascar Scops Owl
Madagascar Serpent-Eagle
Madagascar Sparrowhawk
Madagascar White-browed Owl
Mantled Hawk
Martial Eagle
Mottled Owl
New Guinea Harpy Eagle
Orange-breasted Falcon
Oriental White-backed Vulture
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Osprey
Pallas’s Fish Eagle
Pearl Kite
Pemba Scops Owl
Peregrine Falcon
Philippine Eagle
Plumbeous Kite
Prairie Falcon
Puerto Rican Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-footed Falcon
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-throated Caracara
Ridgway’s Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Rufous-legged Owl
Rufous-thighed Kite
Rüppell’s Vulture
Savanna Hawk
Short-eared Owl
Short-tailed Hawk
Slaty-backed Forest Falcon
Slender-billed Vulture
Snail Kite
Sokoke Scops Owl
Solitary Eagle
Sooty Falcon
Spectacled Owl
Steppe Eagle
Swainson’s Hawk
Swallow-tailed Kite
Taita Falcon
Tawny Eagle
Torotoroka Scops Owl
Turkey Vulture
Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
White Hawk
White-collared Kite
White-necked Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
White-tailed Kite
White-tailed Sea Eagle
Yellow-billed Kite
Yellow-headed Caracara
Zone-tailed Hawk
