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Haliastur

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Haliastur was named by Selby (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Accipitridae by Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Haliastur Selby
2013Haliastur Meijer et al. p. 879
2017Haliastur 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
genusHaliasturSelby 1840

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. Haliastur Selby 1840
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Haliastur indus Boddaert 1783 [brahminy kite]
Haliastur sphenurus Vieillot 1818 [whistling 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: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

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 (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Malaysia H. indus (195003 195006 195007)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) H. indus (68064 193367)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Papua New Guinea H. indus (194694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Malaysia H. indus (195008 195010)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia H. sphenurus (193986 193987)