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Accipitriformes

Description

The Accipitriformes (from Latin accipiter "hawk" + New Latin -iformes "like") are an order of birds that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey – including hawks, eagles, and kites, but not falcons.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7191147https://www.gbif.org/species/7191147
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)133775https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=133775
Rankorder
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
Scientific NameAccipitriformes
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Accipitriformesorderbelongs to Avesstated without evidenceBaird, 1992
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)215
Extant Size (PBDB)116 (54%)
First Recorded Appearance50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. W. Parmalee. 1992. A late Pleistocene avifauna from northwestern Alabama. Science Series, Los Angeles Museum of Natural History, Science, and Art 36:307-318
Common Name(s) Hawks And Eagles, Hökartade Rovfåglar, Hökfåglar, タカ, Hawks, éperviers
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accipitriformes

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Accipitridae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Hawk55250.3 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Cathartidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
New World Vulture11348.6 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Horusornithidae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Onychopterygidae
family
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pandionidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Osprey1938.0 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Sagittariidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Secretary Bird0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1816Accipitriformes Vieillot
1992Accipitriformes Baird p. 24
1992Accipitriformes Parmalee p. 310
2014Accipitriformes del Hoyo et al.

References

Parmalee P. W. (1992) A late Pleistocene avifauna from northwestern Alabama, Science Series, Los Angeles Museum of Natural History, Science, and Art 36, 307-318
Baird R. F. (1992) Fossil avian assemblage of Pitfall Origin from Holocene sediments in Amphitheatre Cave (G-2), South-western Victoria, Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 44, 21-44
del Hoyo J., Collar N. J., et al (2014) HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines, 1-904
Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Gill, D. (eds.) (2015) IOC World Bird List (v 5.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.5.1. Online: http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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