Harpiinae

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Harpiinae
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Harpy eagle (H. harpyja)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Harpiinae
Verheyen, 1959 [1] [2]

The Harpiinae is a bird of prey subfamily which consists of large broad-winged species native to tropical forests. There are 4 genera in the subfamily, all monotypic. [3] [4]

The cladogram of the Harpiinae shown below is based on a molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae by Therese Catanach and collaborators that was published in 2024. [5]

Harpiinae

Harpyopsis – Papuan eagle

Macheiramphus – bat hawk

Morphnus – crested eagle

Harpia – harpy eagle

Species

ImageGenusSpecies
New Guinea Eagle.jpg HarpyopsisSalvadori, 1875
MacheiramphusAlcinus.jpg MacheiramphusBonaparte, 1850
Morphnus guianensis eating green snake -Bolivia-8.jpg MorphnusDumont, 1816
Harpia harpyja -Sao Paulo Zoo, Brasil -adult-8a.jpg HarpiaVieillot, 1816

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<i>Hieraaetus</i> Genus of birds

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<i>Lophospiza</i> Genus of birds

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<i>Astur</i> (genus) Genus of birds

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<i>Aerospiza</i> Genus of birds

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References

  1. Verheyen, R. (1959). "Revision de la Systematique des Falconiformes" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. 35 (37): 1-51 [46]. As tribe Harpiini.
  2. Gregory, S.M.S.; Sangster, G.; Worthy, T.H.; Scofield, R.P. (2024). "Falling through the cracks: a family-group name for a clade of hawks and eagles (Accipitridae) including Morphnus Dumont, 1816, Harpia Vieillot, 1816, Harpyopsis Salvadori, 1875 and Macheiramphus Bonaparte, 1850" (PDF). Avian Systematics. 2 N5-N17.
  3. Lerner, Heather R.L.; Mindell, David P. (November 2005). "Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (2): 327–346. Bibcode:2005MolPE..37..327L. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.010. PMID   15925523.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. 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.