Clanga (bird)

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Clanga
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Greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Aquilinae
Genus: Clanga
Adamowicz, 1854
Type species
Falco maculatus [1]
Gmelin, 1788

Clanga is a genus which contains the spotted eagles. The genus name is from Ancient Greek klangos, "eagle". [2]

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A molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae published in 2024 found that the genus Clanga was sister to the genus Ictinaetus which contains the black eagle. [3]

Species

Genus ClangaAdamowicz, 1854 – three species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Indian spotted eagle

Indian Spotted Eagle near Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary.jpg

Clanga hastata
(Lesson, 1834)
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Nepal.
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Lesser spotted eagle

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Clanga pomarina
Brehm, 1831
Central and Eastern Europe and southeastward to Turkey and Armenia, and Africa
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Greater spotted eagle

Aquila clanga from Tal Chapar Wildlife Sanctuary.jpg

Clanga clanga
((Pallas, 1811)
northern Europe eastwards across Eurasia
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Notes

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    References

    1. "Accipitridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
    2. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  110. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
    3. Catanach, T.A.; Halley, M.R.; Pirro, S. (2024). "Enigmas no longer: using ultraconserved elements to place several unusual hawk taxa and address the non-monophyly of the genus Accipiter (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: blae028. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blae028.
    4. BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga hastata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
    5. BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga pomarina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
    6. BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga clanga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.