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Elanus leucurus (white-tailed kite)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Milvus leucurus was named by Vieillot (1818). It is extant.

It was recombined as Elanus leucurus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Broughton (2004) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Milvus leucurus Vieillot
1930Elanus leucurus Hay p. 314
1940Elanus leucurus Wetmore p. 33
1942Elanus leucurus Miller and DeMay p. 96
1956Elanus leucurus Wetmore p. 40
2004Elanus leucurus Broughton p. 23
2017Elanus leucurus 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
genusElanusSavigny 1809
speciesleucurus(Vieillot 1818)

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.

Elanus leucurus Vieillot 1818 [white-tailed kite]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available