Necrastur De Vis 1892 (hawk)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Full reference: C. W. De Vis. 1892. Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6:437-456

Parent taxon: Accipitridae according to T. H. Worthy and J. M. T. Nguyen 2020

See also De Vis 1892 and Lambrecht 1933

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, 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, Necrosyrtes, Neophron, Palaeastur, Palaeocircus, Palaeohierax, Palaeoplancinae, Palaetus, Parabuteo, Parvigyps, Pelargopappus, Pernis, Polemaetus, Rupornis, Spizaetus, Stephanoaetus, Titanohierax, Trigonoceps, Uroaetus, Uroaetus brachialis, Vinchinavis, Vulturidarum

Subtaxa: Necrastur alacer

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Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Necrastur in the database

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