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]
| Harpiinae | |
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| Harpy eagle (H. harpyja) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Harpiinae Verheyen, 1959[1][2] |
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 |
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Species
edit| Image | Genus | Species |
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| Harpyopsis Salvadori, 1875 |
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| Macheiramphus Bonaparte, 1850 |
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| Morphnus Dumont, 1816 |
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| Harpia Vieillot, 1816 |
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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