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Harpia harpyja (harpy eagle)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Vultur harpyja was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Harpia harpyja by Vieillot (1816), Amadon (1977), Steadman et al. (2003) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Vultur harpyja Linnaeus p. 86
1816Harpia harpyja Vieillot
1977Harpia harpyja Amadon
2003Harpia harpyja Steadman et al.
2017Harpia harpyja Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusHarpiaVieillot 1816
speciesharpyja()

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.

Harpia harpyja Linnaeus 1758 [harpy eagle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available