Harpiinae

Harpiinae
Harpy eagle (H. harpyja)
Scientific classification
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, sometimes collectively known as harpies (not to be confused with the mythological creature of the same name). 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

Image	Genus	Species
	HarpyopsisSalvadori, 1875	Papuan eagle, H. novaeguineae
	MacheiramphusBonaparte, 1850	Bat hawk, M. alcinus
	MorphnusDumont, 1816	Crested eagle, M. guianensis
	HarpiaVieillot, 1816	Harpy eagle, H. harpyja

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.