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Micrastur (forest falcon)

Reptilia - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Micrastur was named by Gray (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Falconidae by Becker (1987); and to Herpetotherinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Micrastur Gray
1987Micrastur Becker p. 273
2014Micrastur del Hoyo 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
—Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
genusMicrasturGray 1841

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. Micrastur Gray 1841 [forest falcon]
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Micrastur ruficollis Vieillot 1817 [Barred forest-falcon]
Micrastur semitorquatus Vieillot 1817 [Collared forest-falcon]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available