Gypaetinae

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Gypaetinae
Bearded Vulture with bone - Catalan Pyrenees - Spain.jpg
Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Gypaetinae
Genera

See text.

The Gypaetinae is one of two subfamilies of Old World vultures the other being the Aegypiinae. Some taxonomic authorities place the Gypaetinae within the Perninae hawks. They are presently found throughout much of Africa, Asia, and southern Europe, hence being considered "Old World" vultures, but as recently as the Late Pleistocene, they were also present in North America. [1]

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A 2005 study found Eutriorchis astur to be closely related. [2]

Species

Extant genera

SubfamilyGenusCommon and binomial namesImageRange
Gypaetinae GypaetusStorr, 1784 Bearded vulture
Gypaetus barbatus
Bearded Vulture with bone - Catalan Pyrenees - Spain.jpg High mountains in southern Europe, the Caucasus, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Tibet
Gypaetus georgiiFossil record from the late Miocene, Spain [2]
GypohieraxRüppell, 1836 Palm-nut vulture
Gypohierax angolensis
Palm-nut Vulture - Murchison Falls NP - Uganda 06 5600 (15280673919).jpg Forest and savannah across sub-Saharan Africa
NeophronSavigny, 1809 Egyptian vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Egyptian vulture.jpg Southwestern Europe and northern Africa to India
Neophron lolisFossil record from the late Miocene, Spain [2]
Polyboroides A. Smith, 1829

African harrier-hawk, Polyboroides typus

Polyboroides typus -near Sand River Selous, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania-8, crop.jpg Sub Saharan Africa
Madagascan harrier-hawk, Polyboroides radiatus Madagascar harrier-hawk polyboroides radiatus.jpg Madagascar

Fossil genera

Genera known only from fossils include: [1]

SubfamilyGenusCommon and binomial namesImageRange
Gypaetinae Anchigyps Anchigyps voorhiesi Late Miocene to early Pliocene of North America
Arikarornis Arikarornis macdonaldi Early Miocene of North America
Mioneophron Mioneophron longirostrisLate Miocene of China
Neophrontops Neophrontops americanus Neophrontops americanus fossil cropped.jpg Miocene to Late Pleistocene of North America
Neophrontops dakotensis
Neophrontops slaughteri
Neophrontops vallecitoensis
Neophrontops vetustus
Neogyps

(sometimes placed in the Aegypiinae)

Neogyps errans
Neogyps errans.jpg
Late Pleistocene of North America
Palaeoborus

(sometimes placed in the Aegypiinae)

Palaeoborus howardaeMiocene of North America
Palaeoborus rosatus
Palaeoborus umbrosus

References

  1. 1 2 Li, Zhiheng; Clarke, Julia A.; Zhou, Zhonghe; Deng, Tao (2016-10-01). "A new Old World vulture from the late Miocene of China sheds light on Neogene shifts in the past diversity and distribution of the Gypaetinae". The Auk. 133 (4): 615–625. doi: 10.1642/AUK-15-240.1 . ISSN   1938-4254.
  2. 1 2 3 Sánchez-Marco, Antonio (2022). "Two new Gypaetinae (Accipitridae, Aves) from the late Miocene of Spain" (PDF). Historical Biology. 34 (8): 1534–1543. Bibcode:2022HBio...34.1534S. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2053117.

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