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Accipiter gentilis (northern goshawk)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Falco gentilis Linnaeus p. 89
1927Accipiter gentilis Boule and De Villeneuve p. 82
1988Accipiter gentilis Weesie p. 17 figs. Pl 3, figs 5-8
2002Accipiter gentilis Mlikovsky p. 190
2017Accipiter gentilis Clements et al.
2018Accipiter gentilis Carrera et al. p. 158 figs. Pl 2, fig 7

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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
genusAccipiterBrisson 1760
speciesgentilis()

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.

Accipiter gentilis Linnaeus 1758 [northern goshawk]
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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: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Rancholabrean or 0.30000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Accipiter gentilis (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Accipiter gentilis (175900)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Accipiter gentilis (191730)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Accipiter gentilis (152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Accipiter gentilis (92902 192948 192949 192951 192955)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Accipiter gentilis (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Accipiter gentilis (197769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Accipiter gentilis (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Accipiter gentilis (93326)