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Accipitridae (hawk)
Taxonomy
Accipitridae was named by Viellot (1816). It is extant. Its type is Accipiter.
It was assigned to Falcones by Lambrecht (1933); to Falconoidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Falconiformes by Mayr (2005); to Accipitroidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Falconiformes by Harrison and Walker (1976), Howard (1982), Rasmussen et al. (1987), Carroll (1988), Olson and James (1991), Guthrie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Walker and Dyke (2006), Louchart et al. (2008) and Zhang et al. (2010); and to Accipitriformes by Olson and James (1982), Alcover (1989), Bickart (1990), Emslie (1992), Baird (1992), Parmalee (1992), Worthy et al. (2007), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Mayr and Hurum (2020) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was assigned to Falcones by Lambrecht (1933); to Falconoidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Falconiformes by Mayr (2005); to Accipitroidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Falconiformes by Harrison and Walker (1976), Howard (1982), Rasmussen et al. (1987), Carroll (1988), Olson and James (1991), Guthrie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Walker and Dyke (2006), Louchart et al. (2008) and Zhang et al. (2010); and to Accipitriformes by Olson and James (1982), Alcover (1989), Bickart (1990), Emslie (1992), Baird (1992), Parmalee (1992), Worthy et al. (2007), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017), Mayr and Hurum (2020) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
Subtaxa
Accipiter (syn. Astur) (type genus), Aegypiinae, Amplibuteo, Apatosagittarius, Aquifavus, Aquila, Aquila depredator, Aquila fossilis, Aquila prisca, Aquilavus, Aquilinae, Archaehieraxinae, Aviceda, Aviraptor, Butastur, Buteo (syn. Archibuteo), 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
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Accipitridae Viellot |
| 1847 | Aquila fossilis Giebel |
| 1863 | Aquila prisca Milne-Edwards |
| 1871 | Aquila depredator Milne-Edwards |
| 1871 | Milvus deperditus Milne-Edwards |
| 1890 | Uroaetus brachialis De Vis |
| 1891 | Taphetus brachialis Hurst |
| 1892 | Taphaetus brachialis De Vis p. 454 |
| 1933 | Accipitridae Lambrecht p. 401 |
| 1933 | Aquilavus depredator Lambrecht p. 407 |
| 1933 | Aquilavus priscus Lambrecht p. 408 |
| 1933 | Uroaetus brachialis Lambrecht p. 411 |
| 1933 | Milvus deperditus Lambrecht p. 418 |
| 1940 | Accipitridae Wetmore p. 32 |
| 1952 | Aquilavus depredator Brodkorb p. 175 |
| 1956 | Accipitridae Wetmore p. 38 |
| 1976 | Accipitridae Harrison and Walker p. 339 |
| 1977 | Milvus brachypterus Jánossy |
| 1982 | Accipitridae Howard p. 10 |
| 1982 | Accipitridae Olson and James p. 35 |
| 1987 | Accipitridae Rasmussen et al. p. 4 |
| 1988 | Accipitridae Carroll |
| 1989 | Accipitridae Alcover p. 98 |
| 1990 | Accipitridae Bickart p. 40 |
| 1991 | Accipitridae Olson and James p. 62 |
| 1992 | Accipitridae Baird p. 24 |
| 1992 | Accipitridae Emslie p. 258 |
| 1992 | Accipitridae Guthrie p. 322 |
| 1992 | Accipitridae Parmalee p. 310 |
| 2001 | Accipitridae Olson and Rasmussen p. 297 |
| 2005 | Accipitridae Mayr p. 318 |
| 2006 | Accipitridae Walker and Dyke p. 95 |
| 2007 | Accipitridae Livezey and Zusi p. 93 |
| 2007 | Accipitridae Worthy et al. p. 20 |
| 2008 | Accipitridae Louchart et al. p. 159 |
| 2008 | Accipitridae Mourer-Chauviré |
| 2010 | Accipitridae Zhang et al. p. 402 |
| 2014 | Accipitridae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Accipitridae Clements et al. |
| 2020 | Accipitridae Mayr and Hurum |
| 2020 | Accipitridae Worthy and Nguyen p. 94 |
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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.
Fm. Accipitridae Viellot 1816 [hawk]
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G. Accipiter Brisson 1760
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Accipiter cooperii Bonaparte 1828 [Cooper's hawk]
†Accipiter efficax Balouet and Olson 1989
Accipiter fasciatus Vigors and Horsfield 1827 [brown goshawk]
Accipiter gentilis Linnaeus 1758 [northern goshawk]
Accipiter haplochrous Sclater 1859 [New Caledonia goshawk]
Accipiter madagascariensis Verreaux 1833 [Madagascar sparrowhawk]
Accipiter nisus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian sparrowhawk]
Accipiter novaehollandiae Gmelin 1788 [gray goshawk]
†Accipiter quartus Balouet and Olson 1989
Accipiter rufitorques Peale 1848 [Fiji goshawk]
Accipiter striatus Vieillot 1897 [sharp-shinned hawk]
Accipiter striatus velox Wilson 1812
Accipiter tachiro Daudin 1800 [African goshawk]
Accipiter trivirgatus Temminck 1824 [crested goshawk]
Invalid names: Astur de Lacépède 1799 [synonym]
Subfm. Aegypiinae [Old World vulture]
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G. Aegypius Savigny 1809
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Aegypius monachus Linnaeus 1766 [cinereous vulture]
Invalid names: Sarcogyps Lesson 1842 [synonym], Torgos Kaup 1828 [synonym]
G. †Neophrontops Miller 1916
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†Neophrontops americanus Miller 1916
†Neophrontops dakotensis Compton 1935
†Neophrontops slaughteri Feduccia 1974
†Neophrontops vallecitoensis Howard 1963
†Neophrontops vetustus Wetmore 1943
G. †Palaeoborus Coues 1884
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†Palaeoborus howardae Wetmore 1936
†Palaeoborus rosatus Miller and Compton 1939
†Palaeoborus umbrosus Cope 1874
G. †Amplibuteo Campbell 1979
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†Amplibuteo concordatus Emslie and Czaplewski 1999
†Amplibuteo hibbardi Campbell 1979
†Amplibuteo woodwardi Miller 1911
G. †Apatosagittarius Feduccia and Voorhies 1989
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†Apatosagittarius terrenus Feduccia and Voorhies 1989
G. †Aquifavus Lambrecht 1933
G. Aquila Linnaeus 1758 [eagle]
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†Aquila bivia Emslie and Czaplewski 1999 [golden eagle]
†Aquila bullockensis Gaff and Boles 2010
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 [golden eagle]
†Aquila chrysaetos simurgh Weesie 1988
†Aquila corroyi Gaillard 1939
†Aquila dananus Marsh 1871
†Aquila delphinensis Gaillard 1939
Aquila fasciata Vieillot 1822 [Bonelli's eagle]
†Aquila lydekkeri Shufeldt 1913
†Aquila pennatoides Gaillard 1939
†Aquila pliogryps Shufeldt 1891
Aquila rapax Temminck 1828
†Aquila sodalis Shufeldt 1891
†Aquilavus hypogaea Milne-Edwards 1891
G. †Aquilavus Lambrecht 1933
Subfm. †Archaehieraxinae Mather et al. 2021
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G. Buteo de Lacepède 1799 [hawk]
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Subg. †Buteo (Triorchis) Kaup 1829
†Buteo ales Wetmore 1926
†Buteo antecursor Wetmore 1933
Buteo brachypterus Hartlaub 1860 [Madagascar buzzard]
Buteo buteo Linnaeus 1758 [common buzzard]
†Buteo conterminus Wetmore 1923
†Buteo contortus Wetmore 1923
†Buteo dananus Marsh 1871
†Buteo dondasi Degrange et al. 2021
†Buteo fluviaticus Miller and Sibley 1942
Buteo fuscescens Viellot 1819
†Buteo grangeri Wetmore and Case 1934
†Buteo hoffstetteri Campbell 1976
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 [red-tailed hawk]
Buteo jamaicensis borealis Gmelin 1788 [red-tailed hawk]
Buteo lagopus Pontoppidan 1763 [rough-legged hawk]
Buteo lineatus Gmelin 1788 [red-shouldered hawk]
Buteo nitidus Latham 1790 [gray-lined hawk]
Buteo platypterus Vieillot 1823 [broad-winged hawk]
Buteo pusillus Ballmann 1969
†Buteo quadratus Wetmore 1937 [Bahama red-shouldered hawk]
Buteo regalis Gray 1844 [ferruginous hawk]
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Invalid names: Falco ferrugineus Lichtenstein 1836 [replaced]
Buteo rufinus Cretzschmar 1826 [long-legged buzzard]
Buteo solitarius Peale 1848 [Hawaiian hawk]
Buteo spassovi Boev 1998
Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte 1838 [Swainson's hawk]
†Buteo typhoius Wetmore 1923
Invalid names: Archibuteo Brehm 1828 [synonym]
G. Buteogallus Lesson 1830 [black-hawks]
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Buteogallus aequinoctialis Gmelin 1788 [rufous crab-hawk]
†Buteogallus fragilis Miller 1911
Buteogallus meridionalis Latham 1790 [savanna hawk]
†Buteogallus milleri Howard 1932
Buteogallus urubitinga Gmelin 1788 [great black-hawk]
G. †Calohierax Wetmore 1937
G. Circaetus Vieillot 1816
G. Circus Lacépède 1799 [harrier]
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Circus aeruginosus Linnaeus 1758 [Western marsh-harrier]
Circus approximans Peale 1848 [Swamp harrier]
Circus assimilis Jardine and Selby 1828 [Spotted harrier]
Circus buffoni Gmelin 1788 [Long-winged harrier]
Circus cinereus Vieillot 1816 [Cinereous harrier]
Circus cyaneus Linnaeus 1766 [Hen harrier]
†Circus dossenus Olson and James 1991 [wood harrier]
†Circus eylesi Scarlett 1953 [Eyles's harrier]
†Circus hamiltoni Forbes 1891
Circus hudsonius Linnaeus 1766 [Northern harrier]
Circus macrosceles Newton 1863 [Madagascar marsh-harrier]
Circus macrourus Gmelin 1770 [Pallid harrier]
Circus maillardi Verreaux 1862 [Réunion marsh-harrier]
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Invalid names: Astur alphonsi Newton and Gadow 1893 [synonym]
Circus maurus Temminck 1828 [Black harrier]
Circus melanoleucos Pennant 1769 [Pied harrier]
Circus pygargus Linnaeus 1758 [Montagu's harrier]
Circus ranivorus Daudin 1800 [African marsh-harrier]
Circus spilonotus Kaup 1847 [Eastern marsh-harrier]
Circus spilothorax Salvadori and D'Albertis 1875 [Papuan harrier]
†Circus teauteensis Forbes 1891
G. Garganoaetus Ballmann 1973
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†Garganoaetus freudenthali Ballman 1973
†Garganoaetus murivorus Ballman 1973
G. Geranoaetus Kaup 1844 [buzzard-eagle]
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†Geranoaetus ales Wetmore 1926
†Geranoaetus conterminus Wetmore 1923
†Geranoaetus contortus Wetmore 1924
†Geranoaetus danana Marsh 1871
Geranoaetus melanoleucus Vieillot 1819 [black-chested buzzard eagle]
Geranoaetus polyosoma Quoy and Gaimard 1824 [variable hawk]
Subfm. Gypaetinae Vieillot 1816
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G. Gypohierax Rüppell 1836
G. Gyps Savigny 1809 [vulture]
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Gyps africanus Salvadori 1865 [white-backed vulture]
Gyps fulvus Hablizl 1783 [Eurasian griffon]
†Gyps melitensis Lydekker 1890
G. Haliaeetus Savigny 1809
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Haliaeetus albicilla Linnaeus 1758 [white-tailed eagle]
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Invalid names: Haliaeetus angustipes Jánossy 1983 [synonym]
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 [bald eagle]
Haliaeetus leucogaster Gmelin 1788 [white-bellied sea-eagle]
Haliaeetus pelagicus Pallas 1811 [Steller's sea-eagle]
†Haliaeetus piscator Milne-Edwards 1869
Haliaeetus vocifer Daudin 1800 [African fish-eagle]
G. Haliastur Selby 1840
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Haliastur indus Boddaert 1783 [brahminy kite]
Haliastur sphenurus Vieillot 1818 [whistling kite]
G. Hieraaetus Kaup 1844
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Hieraaetus morphnoides Gould 1841 [little eagle]
Hieraaetus pennatus Gmelin 1788 [booted eagle]
G. Melierax Gray 1840
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Melierax canorus Rislachi 1799
Melierax metabates Heuglin 1861 [dark-chanting goshawk]
G. Milvus Lacépède 1799
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†Milvus incertus Gaillard 1939
Milvus migrans Boddaert 1783 [black kite]
Milvus migrans aegyptius Gmelin 1788 [yellow-billed kite]
Milvus milvus Linnaeus 1758 [red kite]
G. Necrosyrtes Gloger 1841
G. †Polemaetus Heine 1890
G. Spizaetus Vieillot 1816 [hawk-eagle]
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†Spizaetus grinnelli Miller 1911
Spizaetus ornatus Daudin 1800 [Ornate hawk-eagle]
†Spizaetus tanneri Martin 1971
†Spizaetus willetti Howard 1935
G. Trigonoceps Lesson 1842
G. †Uroaetus Auct
G. †Vulturidarum Boule and de Chardin 1926
Invalid names: Aquila depredator Milne-Edwards 1871 [invalid subgroup], Aquila fossilis Giebel 1847 [invalid subgroup], Aquila prisca Milne-Edwards 1863 [invalid subgroup], Aquilinae Vigors 1824 [empty], Milvus brachypterus Jánossy 1977 [invalid subgroup], Milvus deperditus Milne-Edwards 1871 [invalid subgroup], Uroaetus brachialis De Vis 1890 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available