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Circus hudsonius (Northern harrier)

Osteichthyes - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Falco hudsonius was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Circus hudsonius by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Falco hudsonius Linnaeus
1930Circus hudsonius Hay p. 320
1940Circus hudsonius Wetmore p. 39
1942Circus hudsonius Miller and DeMay p. 102
2014Circus hudsonius del Hoyo et al.
2017Circus hudsonius 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()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
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
specieshudsonius(Linnaeus 1766)

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.

Circus hudsonius Linnaeus 1766 [Northern harrier]
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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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Circus hudsonius (20495)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Circus hudsonius (192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Circus hudsonius (44954 190077 218989)