Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Belongs to Circus according to H. Matsuoka and Y. Hasegawa 2018

See also Clements et al. 2017 and del Hoyo et al. 2014

Sister taxa: 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 spilothorax, Circus teauteensis

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Minatogawa fissure (Quaternary of Japan)

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