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Subfamily of birds

Harpiinae
Harpy eagle (H. harpyja)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Harpiinae
Verheyen, 1959

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.

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.

Harpiinae

Harpyopsis – Papuan eagle

Macheiramphus – bat hawk

Morphnus – crested eagle

Harpia – harpy eagle

Species

Image Genus Species
Harpyopsis Salvadori, 1875
Macheiramphus Bonaparte, 1850
Morphnus Dumont, 1816
Harpia Vieillot, 1816

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 . 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.
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