Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Parent taxon: Accipitridae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Bickart 1990, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson and James 1991, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy 1997
Sister taxa: Accipiter, Aegypiinae, Amplibuteo, Apatosagittarius, Aquifavus, Aquila, Aquila depredator, Aquila fossilis, Aquila prisca, Aquilavus, Aquilinae, Archaehieraxinae, Aviceda, Aviraptor, Butastur, Buteo, Buteogallus, Buteoninae, Calohierax, Circaetus, 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: Circus aeruginosus Circus approximans Circus assimilis Circus buffoni Circus cinereus Circus cyaneus Circus dossenus Circus eylesi Circus hamiltoni Circus hudsonius Circus macrosceles Circus macrourus Circus maillardi Circus maurus Circus melanoleucos Circus pygargus Circus ranivorus Circus spilonotus Circus spilothorax Circus teauteensis
Type: Falco aeruginosus
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mauritius (4), Mexico (1), Monaco (1), New Zealand (6), Romania (1), the Seychelles (2), United States (9: California, Florida, Hawaii, Oregon, Wyoming)
Total: 30 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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