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Circus hudsonius (Northern harrier)

Reptilia - 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) and 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
—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
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