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Cathartidae (New World vulture)
Taxonomy
Cathartidae was named by Lafresnaye (1839). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Vulturidae by Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Accipitres by Moreno and Mercerat (1891) and Mercerat (1897); to Cathartides by Hay (1902); to Falconiformes by Jaekel (1911); to Cathartoidea by Wetmore (1956); to Falconiformes by Harrison and Walker (1976); to Falconiformes by Mayr (2005); to Cathartae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Amadon (1977) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Cathartiformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Stucchi et al. (2015), Agnolín et al. (2017), Clements et al. (2017) and Tambussi et al. (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Vulturidae by Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Accipitres by Moreno and Mercerat (1891) and Mercerat (1897); to Cathartides by Hay (1902); to Falconiformes by Jaekel (1911); to Cathartoidea by Wetmore (1956); to Falconiformes by Harrison and Walker (1976); to Falconiformes by Mayr (2005); to Cathartae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Amadon (1977) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Cathartiformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Stucchi et al. (2015), Agnolín et al. (2017), Clements et al. (2017) and Tambussi et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Cathartidae Lafresnaye |
| 1891 | Cathartidae Moreno and Mercerat p. 67 |
| 1897 | Cathartidae Mercerat p. 236 |
| 1902 | Cathartidae Hay p. 535 |
| 1911 | Cathartidae Jaekel p. 178 |
| 1933 | Cathartidae Lambrecht p. 392 |
| 1940 | Cathartidae Wetmore p. 29 |
| 1956 | Cathartidae Wetmore p. 35 |
| 1976 | Cathartidae Harrison and Walker p. 338 |
| 1977 | Cathartidae Amadon p. 413 |
| 2005 | Cathartidae Mayr p. 318 |
| 2007 | Cathartidae Livezey and Zusi p. 93 |
| 2014 | Cathartidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2015 | Cathartidae Stucchi et al. |
| 2017 | Cathartidae Agnolín et al. |
| 2017 | Cathartidae Clements et al. |
| 2023 | Cathartidae Tambussi et al. p. 274 |
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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.
Fm. Cathartidae Lafresnaye 1839 [New World vulture]
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G. Cathartes Illiger 1811 [vulture]
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Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 [turkey vulture]
Cathartes burrovianus Cassin 1845 [lesser yellow-headed vulture]
†Cathartes fossilis Moreno and Mercerat 1891
Cathartes melambrotus Wetmore 1964 [greater yellow-headed vulture]
G. †Cathartidarum Winge 1888
G. Coragyps Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1853
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Coragyps atratus Bechstein 1793 [black vulture]
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Invalid names: Vultur urubu Vieillot 1807 [synonym]
†Coragyps occidentalis Miller 1909
†Coragyps shastensis Miller 1911 [vulture]
Invalid names: Catharista Vieillot 1816 [synonym]
G. †Dryornis Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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†Dryornis hatcheri Degrange 2022
†Dryornis pampeanus Moreno and Mercerat 1891
G. Gymnogyps Lesson 1842
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Gymnogyps californianus Shaw 1797 [California condor]
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Invalid names: Gymnogyps amplus Miller 1911 [synonym]
†Gymnogyps howardae Campbell 1979 [condor]
†Gymnogyps kofordi Emslie 1988 [condor]
Invalid names: Pseudogryphus Ridgway 1874 [synonym]
G. Sarcoramphus Dumeril 1806 [king vulture]
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†Sarcoramphus fischeri Campbell 1979 [king vulture]
†Sarcoramphus kernensis Miller 1931
Sarcoramphus papa Linnaeus 1758 [king vulture]
†Sarcorhamphus fossilis Moreno and Mercerat 1891
†Sarcorhamphus patruus Lönnberg 1902
G. Vultur Linnaeus 1758
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Vultur gryphus Linnaeus 1758 [Andean condor]
†Vultur messii Degrange et al. 2023
Invalid names: Cathartinae Lafresnaye 1839 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available