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Pandion haliaetus (osprey)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Pandionidae

Taxonomy
Falco haliaetus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Pandion.

It was recombined as Pandion haliaetus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Olson and Hilgartner (1982), Steadman et al. (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Falco haliaetus Linnaeus p. 91
1930Pandion haliaetus Hay p. 320
1931Pandion haliaetus Wetmore p. 31
1940Pandion haliaetus Wetmore p. 40
1956Pandion haliaetus Wetmore p. 48
1982Pandion haliaetus Olson and Hilgartner p. 28
2003Pandion haliaetus Steadman et al.
2014Pandion haliaetus del Hoyo et al.
2017Pandion haliaetus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyPandionidaeSclater and Salvin 1873
genusPandionSavigny 1809
specieshaliaetus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pandion haliaetus Linnaeus 1758 [osprey]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Pandion haliaetus (22508)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Pandion haliaetus (21888)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Pandion haliaetus (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pandion haliaetus (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pandion haliaetus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pandion haliaetus (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Pandion haliaetus (215363)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Pandion haliaetus (193986 193987)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Pandion haliaetus (144662)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Pandion haliaetus (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Pandion haliaetus (145366)