†subfamily Circinae Bonaparte 1838 (raptor)
Aves - Falconiformes - Falconoidae
Parent taxon: Buteonidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Bickart 1990, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Accipitrinae, Elaninae, Milvinae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Circus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Circinae in the database