Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Accipitridae according to H. J. M. Meijer et al. 2013
See also Bickart 1990, Clements et al. 2017, de Villalta 1963, Gaillard 1908, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Martin 1971, Mlikovsky 2002, Salotti et al. 1997, Shufeldt 1891, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Accipiter, Aegypiinae, Amplibuteo, Apatosagittarius, Aquifavus, 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
Subtaxa: Aquila bivia Aquila bullockensis Aquila chrysaetos Aquila corroyi Aquila dananus Aquila delphinensis Aquila fasciata Aquila lydekkeri Aquila pennatoides Aquila pliogryps Aquila rapax Aquila sodalis
Type: Falco chrysaetos
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cuba (2 collections), Egypt (2), France (4), Greece (5), Indonesia (2), Italy (5), Jordan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Monaco (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (1), United States (20: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Blancan of United States (1: Arizona)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1), Ukraine (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Idaho)
• Miocene of China (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 62 collections including 70 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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