bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Falconiformes, order Falconiformes - chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures

genus Pandion, Pandion - type genus of the Pandionidae