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Circus (harrier)

Osteichthyes - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Circus Lacépède
1930Circus Hay p. 319
1933Circus Lambrecht p. 419
1940Circus Wetmore p. 39
1956Circus Wetmore p. 48
1990Circus Bickart p. 42
1991Circus Olson and James p. 64
1997Circus Worthy p. 103
2002Circus Mlikovsky p. 190
2014Circus del Hoyo et al.
2017Circus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusCircusLacépède 1799

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.

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:13
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:13
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Circus cyaneus (35428)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Circus cyaneus (20350)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Circus macrurus (191730)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Circus cyaneus (152008 161536) Circus hudsonius (192630)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Circus hudsonius (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Circus cyaneus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Circus sp. (208788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles (Aldabra) Circus sp. (192429 192430)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Circus cinereus (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Circus dossenus (110072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Circus macrourus (197947)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) Circus spilonotus (192971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Circus cyaneus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Circus aeruginosus (194932)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Circus hudsonius (44954 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand Circus eylesi (182840)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Circus approximans, Circus eylesi (100554 194619) Circus eylesi (194618 215577)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Circus cyaneus (194911 194914)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Circus approximans, Circus eylesi (215392)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Astur alphonsi (194025) Circus maillardi (194027 194168 194169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Accipiter fasciatus (194979)