Perninae

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Perninae
Pacific Baza kobble08ed.JPG
Pacific baza (Aviceda subcristata)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Perninae
Blyth, 1851

The raptor subfamily Perninae includes a number of medium-sized broad-winged species. These are birds of warmer climates, although the Pernis species (European honey buzzard and crested honey buzzard) have a more extensive range.

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Several of the species in this group eat mainly insects, and the honey-buzzards are specialist feeders on wasp larvae. Reptiles are also taken by several birds in this group.

Several authorities consider Gypaetinae to be within or even synonymous with Perninae. [1] [2]

Taxonomy

The cladogram of the Perninae shown below is based on a molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae by Therese Catanach and collaborators that was published in 2024. [3]

Perninae

Eutriorchis – Madagascar serpent eagle (placement uncertain)

Chondrohierax – kites (2 species)

Leptodon – kites (2 species)

Aviceda – bazas and cuckoo-hawks (5 species)

Pernis – honey buzzards (4 species)

Elanoides – swallow-tailed kite

Hamirostra – black-breasted buzzard

Lophoictinia – square-tailed kite

Henicopernis – honey buzzards (2 species)

Genera

ImageGenusLiving species
EutriorchisAsturKeulemans.jpg Eutriorchis Sharpe, 1875
Chondrohierax uncinatus - Hook-billed Kite.JPG Chondrohierax Lesson, 1843
Leptodon cayannensis - Gray-headed kite.JPG Leptodon Sundevall, 1836
Pacific Baza kobble08ed.JPG Aviceda Swainson, 1836
Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)- Male at Kolkata I IMG 7451.jpg Pernis Cuvier, 1816
Swallow-tailed Kite (14827547721).jpg Elanoides Vieillot, 1818
  • Swallow-tailed kite Elanoides forficatus
    • E. f. forficatus (Linn. 1758)
    • E. f. yetapa(Vieillot, 1818)
Black Breasted Buzzard 2.jpg Hamirostra Brown, 1846
Square-tailed Kite pair 10-1-12 (6678181369).jpg Lophoictinia Kaup, 1847
Pernis longicauda - 1825-1839 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - (cropped).tif Henicopernis (Lesson & Garnot, 1828)

References

  1. Griffiths, C.S.; Barrowclough, G.F.; Groth, J.G.; Mertz, L.A. (2007). "Phylogeny, diversity, and classification of the Accipitridae based on DNA sequences of the RAG-1 exon". Journal of Avian Biology. 38 (5): 587–602. doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03971.x .
  2. Lerner, Heather R. L.; Mindell, David P. (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.
  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.