Subfamily Elaninae Blyth 1851 (raptor)
Aves - Falconiformes - Falconoidae
Parent taxon: Buteonidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Accipitrinae, Circinae, Milvinae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Elanus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Elaninae in the database