Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
           Family Accipitridae Vieillot, 1816 - secretary bird, osprey, kites, hawks and eagles
             Genus Hieraaetus Kaup, 1844 - little eagle
               1 Hieraaetus wahlbergi (Sundevall, 1850)
               2 Hieraaetus fasciatus (Vieillot, 1822) - Bonelli's eagle
               3 Hieraaetus spilogaster (Bonaparte, 1850) - African hawk-eagle
               4 Hieraaetus pennatus (Gmelin, 1788) - booted eagle
               5 Hieraaetus morphnoides (Gould, 1841) - little eagle
               6 Hieraaetus ayresii (Gurney, 1862) - Ayres's hawk-eagle
               7 Hieraaetus kienerii (de Sparre, 1835) - rufous-bellied eagle