Family Accipitridae Viellot 1816 (hawk)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Parent taxon: Accipitriformes according to G. Mayr and J. H. Hurum 2020

See also Alcover 1989, Baird 1992, Bickart 1990, Carroll 1988, Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Guthrie 1992, Harrison and Walker 1976, Howard 1982, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Louchart et al. 2008, Mayr 2005, Mourer-Chauviré 2008, Olson and James 1982, Olson and James 1991, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Parmalee 1992, Rasmussen et al. 1987, Walker and Dyke 2006, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Worthy and Nguyen 2020, Worthy et al. 2007 and Zhang et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Pandionidae

Subtaxa: Accipiter Aegypiinae Amplibuteo Apatosagittarius Aquifavus Aquila Aquila depredator Aquila fossilis Aquila prisca Aquilavus Aquilinae Archaehieraxinae Aviceda Aviraptor Butastur Buteo Buteogallus Buteoninae Calohierax Circaetus Circus Clanga Cryptogyps Dynatoaetus Elanoides Elanus Garganoaetus Geranoaetus Gypaetinae Gypaetus Gypohierax Gyps Haliaeetus Haliastur Harpagornis Harpia Hieraaetus Ictinaetus Ictinia Macheiramphus Melierax Milvoides Milvus Milvus brachypterus Milvus deperditus Miohierax Necrastur Necrosyrtes Neophron Palaeastur Palaeocircus Palaeohierax Palaeoplancinae Palaetus Parabuteo Parvigyps Pelargopappus Pernis Polemaetus Rupornis Spizaetus Stephanoaetus Titanohierax Trigonoceps Uroaetus Uroaetus brachialis Vinchinavis Vulturidarum

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Type: Accipiter

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (7), Azerbaijan (2), the Bahamas (5), Barbados (1), Bermuda (5), Canada (2: British Columbia, Quebec), Cayman Islands (1), Chile (1), China (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Cuba (2), East Timor (2), Ecuador (1), Egypt (5), Estonia (1), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Finland (3), France (5), Greece (16), Haiti (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (15), Italy (11), Jamaica (1), Japan (5), Jordan (1), Madagascar (6), Malaysia (14), Martinique (1), Mauritius (4), Mexico (5), Monaco (1), New Caledonia (4), New Zealand (11), Norfolk Island (2), Papua New Guinea (3), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Puerto Rico (1), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (4), the Seychelles (2), South Africa (1), Spain (14), Sudan (1), Tonga (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (91: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1)

• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (5: Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2)

• Pliocene of Hungary (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (2), Ukraine (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)

• Hemphillian of United States (3: Florida, Idaho, Nebraska)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Chad (1), China (2), France (2), Greece (1), Italy (3), Kenya (5), Namibia (1), New Zealand (2), Spain (2), Ukraine (1), United States (15: California, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota)

• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska)

• Arikareean of United States (1: California)

• Oligocene of Australia (3), Belgium (1), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), United States (2: Colorado, South Dakota)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (2: Wyoming)

Total: 360 collections including 685 occurrences

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