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| fossil_range = [[Eocene]]-[[Holocene|present]], {{fossilrange|47|0}}
| image = דורסי-יום-01.jpg
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| taxon = Accipitriformes
| authority = [[Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot|Vieillot]], 1816
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision ={{plainlist|
*[[Sagittariidae]]
*[[Pandionidae]]
*[[Accipitridae]]}}
|range_map=Diversity map of Accipitriformes.webp
|range_map_caption= Diversity map of Accipitriformes (258 species). The colour gradient (from light to dark) indicates species richness.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nagy |first1=Jenő  |title=Biologia Futura: rapid diversification and behavioural adaptation of birds in response to Oligocene–Miocene climatic conditions |journal=Biologia Futura |year=2020 |volume=71 |issue=1–2 |pages=109–121 |doi=10.1007/s42977-020-00013-9 |pmid=34554530 |s2cid=219904689 |url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42977-020-00013-9.pdf}}</ref>
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'''Accipitriformes''' is an [[order (biology)|order]] which includes most of the [[diurnal]] [[birds of prey]]: [[hawk]]s, [[eagle]]s, [[vulture]]s, and many others, about 225 [[species]] in all. 

For a long time, the majority view was to include them with the [[falcon]]s in the [[Falconiformes]]. However, a recent [[DNA]] study has shown that falcons are not closely related to the Accipitriformes. Instead, they are related to [[parrot]]s and [[passerine]]s.<ref name=Hackett>Hackett S.J. ''et al'' 2008. A phylogenomic study of birds reveals their evolutionary history. ''Science'' '''320''' (5884): 1763–1768. [http://www.sciencemag.org/content/320/5884/1763.abstract]</ref>

Since then putting the falcons next to the [[parrots]] in [[taxonomic]] order has been adopted by most [[ornithologist]]s. The DNA-based proposal includes the [[New World vulture]]s in the Accipitriformes,<ref name=Hackett/> but the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) classifies the New World vultures as a separate order, the [[Cathartiformes]].<ref>Remsen J.V. ''et al'' 2008. A classification of the bird species of South America (section ACCIPITRIDAE (HAWKS) 3, note 1). Version 11. American Ornithologists' Union. [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline02.html]</ref> 

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