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Milvus

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Milvus was named by Lacépède (1799). It is extant.

It was assigned to Falconidae by Gaillard (1939); and to Accipitridae by Lambrecht (1933), Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Milvus Lacépède
1933Milvus Lambrecht p. 418
1939Milvus Gaillard p. 40
2002Milvus Mlikovsky p. 189
2017Milvus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusMilvusLacépède 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. Milvus Lacépède 1799
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†Milvus incertus Gaillard 1939
Milvus migrans Boddaert 1783 [black kite]
Milvus migrans aegyptius Gmelin 1788 [yellow-billed kite]
Milvus milvus Linnaeus 1758 [red kite]
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, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt M. migrans (21888)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) M. migrans (22544)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) M. milvus (124954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation M. migrans (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar M. aegyptius (195018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation M. migrans (194810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar M. aegyptius (236022)