Hieraves

Hieraves Temporal range: Paleocene (Danian) to recent 61.7–0  Ma [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible Late Cretaceous origin based on molecular clock [1]
Barn owl Tyto alba
Common buzzard Buteo buteo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Telluraves
Clade:	Hieraves Wu et al., 2024
Clades
Strigiformes Accipitriformes

Hieraves is a clade of telluravian birds named by Wu et al. (2024) that includes the orders Strigiformes (owls) and Accipitriformes (hawks and their relatives). ^[1] The Cathartidae (New World vultures) are usually included in Accipitriformes, ^[2] but some authors treat them as a third order Cathartiformes in the Hieraves.^{[ citation needed ]} In the past, either owls, New World vultures, and hawks were found to be basal outgroups with respect to Coraciimorphae inside Afroaves, ^{[3] [4]} or Accipitriformes and Cathartiformes were recovered as a basal clade in respect to the rest of the members of Telluraves. ^[5] Houde et al. (2019) found support for Hieraves (then unnamed), but they were found to be the sister group to Coraciimorphae and Australaves. ^[6] The analysis of Wu et al. (2024) has found Hieraves to be the sister clade to Australaves. ^[1] Stiller et al. (2024) found Hieraves to be basal to Afroaves. ^[7]

References

1. Wu, S.; Rheindt, F.E.; Zhang, J.; Wang, J.; Zhang, L.; Quan, C.; Zhiheng, L.; Wang, M.; Wu, F.; Qu, Y; Edwards, S.V.; Zhou, Z.; Liu, L. (2024). "Genomes, fossils, and the concurrent rise of modern birds and flowering plants in the Late Cretaceous". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121 (8): e2319696121. Bibcode:2024PNAS..12119696W. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2319696121 . PMC   10895254 . PMID   38346181.
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