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The genus Cathartes includes medium-sized to large carrion-feeding birds in the New World vulture (Cathartidae) family. The three species currently classified in this genus occur widely in the Americas.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathartes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2481927	https://www.gbif.org/species/2481927
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	137175	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=137175

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Cathartidae : Cathartes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Cathartiformes : Cathartidae : Cathartes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae	Haeckel 1866
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
order	Cathartiformes	Coues 1884
family	Cathartidae	Lafresnaye 1839
genus	Cathartes	Illiger 1811

Common Name

vulture

Scientific Name

Cathartes Illiger, 1811

Name Published In

Illiger, Johann K. W. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium: Additis Terminis Zoographicis Utriusque Classis, Eorumque Versione Germanica. Sumptibus C. Salfeld, Berolini.: i-xviii + 1-301.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cathartes	genus	belongs to Cathartidae	stated without evidence	Moreno and Mercerat, 1891
Cathartes	genus	belongs to Cathartinae	stated with evidence	Amadon, 1977
Cathartes	genus	belongs to Cathartidae	stated without evidence	del Hoyo et al., 2014
Cathartes	genus	belongs to Cathartidae	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (80%)

First Recorded Appearance

0.78 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Cathartidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Cathartidae)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

D. Amadon. 1977. Notes on the taxonomy of vultures. Condor 79(4):413-416

Common Name(s)

Vulture, Turkey Vultures

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathartes

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cathartes aura species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Turkey Vulture	22	0.30 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Cathartes burrovianus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture			0 Ma Extant
Cathartes fossilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Cathartes melambrotus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Greater Yellow-headed Vulture			0 Ma Extant
Cathartes ruficollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Catharthes d'Orbigny, 1835	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Cathartidae : *Catharthes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1811	Cathartes Illiger
1891	Cathartes Moreno and Mercerat p. 67
1935	Cathartes Schultz and Howard p. 275
1977	Cathartes Amadon p. 413
2014	Cathartes del Hoyo et al.
2017	Cathartes Clements et al.

References

Amadon D. (1977) Notes on the taxonomy of vultures, Condor 79 4, 413-416

Moreno F. P., Mercerat A. Catalogue des Oiseaux Fossiles de la Republique Argentine conserves au Musee de la Plata, Anales del Museo de la Plata 1, 1-71

Schultz C. B., Howard E. B. (1935) The fauna of Burnet Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87, 273-298

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

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Prod. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

SOF (2010) Holarktis fåglar, ver 3. SOF:s officiella lista över Holarktis fågelarter. http://www.sofnet.org/sveriges-ornitologiska-forening/om-sof/kommitteer/taxonominkommitten-tk/holarktis-faglar-ver-3/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 67 One hundred and two Bird names placed in the Official List of Generic Names.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1B, 177-182 (1916) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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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