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Accipiter

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Accipiter Brisson
1799Astur de Lacépède
1930Accipiter Hay p. 315
1933Astur Lambrecht p. 418
1935Accipiter Schultz and Howard p. 276
1940Accipiter Wetmore p. 34
1940Astur Wetmore p. 34
1956Accipiter Wetmore p. 40
1962Accipiter Wetmore p. 7
1992Accipiter Baird p. 24
1992Accipiter Parmalee p. 310
2006Accipiter Walker and Dyke p. 97
2013Accipiter Meijer et al. p. 881
2017Accipiter 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
genusAccipiterBrisson 1760

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. Accipiter Brisson 1760
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Accipiter cooperii Bonaparte 1828 [Cooper's hawk]
†Accipiter efficax Balouet and Olson 1989
Accipiter fasciatus Vigors and Horsfield 1827 [brown goshawk]
Accipiter gentilis Linnaeus 1758 [northern goshawk]
Accipiter haplochrous Sclater 1859 [New Caledonia goshawk]
Accipiter madagascariensis Verreaux 1833 [Madagascar sparrowhawk]
Accipiter nisus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian sparrowhawk]
Accipiter novaehollandiae Gmelin 1788 [gray goshawk]
†Accipiter quartus Balouet and Olson 1989
Accipiter rufitorques Peale 1848 [Fiji goshawk]
Accipiter striatus Vieillot 1897 [sharp-shinned hawk]
Accipiter tachiro Daudin 1800 [African goshawk]
Accipiter trivirgatus Temminck 1824 [crested goshawk]
Invalid names: Astur de Lacépède 1799 [synonym]
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: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya A. tachiro (21725 27858)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) A. cooperii (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) A. nisus (214536)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) A. cooperii (20350)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) A. nisus, A. gentilis (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) A. nisus, A. gentilis (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy A. nisus (197786)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco A. gentilis (191730)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) A. cooperii (20398) A. striatus, A. cooperii (20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) A. cooperii (150336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) A. striatus (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) A. gentilis (92902 192948 192955) A. nisus (192950 192954) A. nisus, A. gentilis (192949 192951)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Madagascar Astur sp. (195021)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) A. sp. (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) A. cooperi (93281) A. cooperii (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Malaysia A. trivigatus (195003 195004)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) A. striatus, A. gentilis (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom A. nisus (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy A. gentilis (197769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) A. sp. (193379 193380)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) A. cooperi (44954) A. striatus, A. cooperi, Astur atricapillus (218989) A. striatus, A. cooperii, Astur atricapillus (190077) A. velox (74235)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. cooperii (20571 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan A. sp. (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain A. gentilis (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea A. sp. 3 (194696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. cooperii (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) A. striatus (82258 103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga A. rufitorques (194699)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) A. striatus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas A. striatus (194589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) A. nisus (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar A. madagascariensis (195018)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) A. striatus, A. gentilis (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Papua New Guinea A. sp. 2, A. novaehollandiae (194694) A. sp. 3 (194697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) A. cooperii (104034)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) A. striatus (144649 194588)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Malaysia A. trivigatus (195000 195009 195011 195014)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Tonga A. rufitorques (194717)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain A. nisus (194298)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation A. nisus (194810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Beanka) A. madagascariensis (205190 205193)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Haiti A. striatus (194483)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) A. sp. (144662)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norfolk Island A. fasciatus (194565 194566)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) A. fasciatus (138410)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia A. efficax (193988) A. efficax, A. quartus (13221) A. fasciatus, A. efficax, A. haplochrous (193986 193987)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) A. cooperi (194908)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) A. striatus (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) A. fasciatus (185434)