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Accipitriformes (Eagles, Hawks, Kites, Secretarybirds, Ospreys, Old World Vultures etc.)

 

Family: Accipitridae (Eagles, Harriers, Hawks, Kites, Old World Vultures)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Accipiter butleri butleri Gurney, 1898 Car Nicobar sparrowhawk, Car Nicobar shikra 1901 Car Nicobar (& Katchall?), Nicobar Islands (northern), India Missing Access
             
Accipiter efficax Balouet & Olson, 1989 Powerful goshawk ? New Caledonia Extinct Access
             
Accipiter francesiae pusillus Gurney, 1875 Anjouan Island Sparrowhawk, Ndzuwani Goshawk, Joanna Island Goshawk 1958 Anjouan, Comoros Islands Extinct Access
             
Accipiter quartus Balouet & Olson, 1989 Gracile goshawk Holocene New Caledonia Extinct Access
             
Accipiter sp. nov. 'New Ireland' #1 - - ? New Ireland (=Latangai), Papua New Guinea Extinct Access
             
Accipiter sp. nov. 'New Ireland' #2 - - ? New Ireland (=Latangai), Papua New Guinea Extinct Access
             
Accipiter sp. nov. 'Bahamas'
-   Holocene Abaco & Middle Caicos, Bahamas Extinct Access
             
Aegypius prepyrenaicus Hernández Carrasquilla, 2001 Prepyrenees vulture Late Pleistocene Spain Extinct Access
             
Amplibuteo hibbardi Campbell, 1979 Hibbard's buteonine hawk Late Pleistocene Peru Extinct Access
             
Amplibuteo woodwardi Miller, 1911 Woodward's giant buzzard, Woodward 'eagle' Late Pleistocene Cuba & California and Florida, USA Extinct Access
             
Aquila brachialis (de Vis, 1889:162)   Late Pleistocene Queensland, Australia Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Aquila chrysaetos simurgh Weesie, 1988 Giant Cretan golden eagle Late Pleistocene Crete, Greece Extinct Access
             
Aquila moorei Haast, 1872 Haast's eagle, New Zealand eagle After 1300 AD New Zealand Extinct Access
             

Aquila nipaloides

Louchart, Bedetti & Pavia, 2005 - Late Pleistocene Corsica (France) & Sardinia (Italy) Extinct Access
             
Aquila sp. nov. 'Madagascar' #1 - - ? Madagascar Extinct Access
             
Aquila sp. nov. 'Madagascar' #2 - - ? Madagascar Extinct Access
             
Bermuteo avivorus Olson, 2008 Bermuda hawk c.118,000 BC (1603 AD?) Bermuda Extinct Access
             
Buteo hoffstetteri Campbell, 1976   Late Pleistocene Ecuador Extinct Access
             
Buteo japonicus oshiroi Kuroda, 1971 Daito Islands buzzard, Daito buzzard 1973 Daito Islands, Japan Extinct Access
             
Buteo quadratus
(Wetmore, 1937)   Holocene Abaco, Little Exuma, Long Island, Middle Caicos & New Providence, Bahamas Extinct Access
             
Buteo sanfelipensis
Suárez, 2020 San Felipe’s hawk, Gavilán de San Felipe Late Pleistocene? Cuba Extinct Access
             
Buteo sanya Hou, 1998   Late Pleistocene China Extinct Access
             
Buteogallus borrasi Arredondo, 1970 Giant Cuban hawk, Borrás’s hawk, Gavilán de Borrás Late Pleistocene? Cuba Extinct Access
             
Buteogallus daggetti Miller, 1915 Walking eagle Late Pleistocene California, USA & Mexico Extinct Access
             
Buteogallus fragilis Miller, 1911 Fragile eagle, Águila frágil Late Pleistocene California and New Mexico, USA Extinct Access
             
Buteogallus irpus Suárez & Olson, 2021 Wolf hawk, Gavilán lobo Late Pleistocene? Cuba & Hispaniola Extinct Access
             
Buteogallus milleri (Howard, 1932) - Late Pleistocene California, USA Extinct Access
             
Buteogallus royi Suárez, 2020 Roy's hawk, Gavilán de Roy Late Pleistocene? Cuba Extinct Access
             
Buteogallus terrestris (Campbell, 1979) - Late Pleistocene South America Extinct Access
             
Buteogallus sp. nov. 'long-legged hawk/eagle' - - Late Pleistocene Venezuela Extinct Access
             
Chondrohierax wilsonii (Cassin, 1847) Cuban Kite - Cuba Rediscovered Access
             
Circus alphonsi (Newton & Gadow, 1893) - ? Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Invalid? Access
             
Circus dossenus Olson & James, 1991 Hawaiian harrier, Mime harrier, Wood harrier Holocene Molokai and Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Circus eylesi Scarlett, 1953 Eyles’ harrier ? New Zealand Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Circus hamiltoni Forbes, 1892 - ? New Zealand Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Circus teauteensis Forbes, 1892 Large New Zealand harrier, Forbes' harrier ? New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Cryptogyps lacertosus (de Vis, 1905)   Late Pleistocene South Australia, Australia Extinct Access
             

Dynatoaetus gaffae

Mather et al., 2023   ≥50ka New South Wales & South Australia, Australia Extinct Access
             

Dynatoaetus pachyosteus

Mather et al., 2023 - late Middle Pleistocene (300-150kya) or later South Australia, Australia Extinct Access
             
Eutriorchis astur Sharpe, 1875 Madagascar serpent-eagle, Madagascar serpent eagle - Madagascar Rediscovered Access
             
Gigantohierax itchei Suárez, 2020 Itche’s eagle, Águila de Itche Late Pleistocene? Cuba Extinct Access
             
Gigantohierax suarezi Arredondo & Arredondo, 2002 Cuban giant hawk, Suárez’s giant eagle, Águila Gigante de Suárez Late Pleistocene Cuba Extinct Access
             
Gypaetus leucocephalus Meyer (year?) - 1923? Italy? Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Gyps melitensis Lydekker, 1890 "Maltese" vulture ? Austria, Corsica, Crete, France, Germany, Hungary, Malta, Sardinia, Sicily and Spain Extinct Access
             
Haliaeetus australis
Harrison & Walker, 1973 Chatham Islands eagle, Chatham Islands fish-eagle Holocene Chatham Islands, New Zealand Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Haliaeetus cf. albicilla - Hawaiian white-tailed eagle c.1,300 BC Maui, Molokai and Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Leptodon forbesi (Swann, 1922) White-collared kite - Pernambuco State, Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Milvus milvus fasciicauda Hartert, 1914 Cape Verde kite 1897-1924 Cape Verde Islands Extinct Access
             
Necrastur alacer De Vis, 1892   Late Pleistocene Queensland, Australia Invalid
(synonym)?
Access
             
Neogyps errans Miller, 1916 Errant eagle Late Pleistocene California, USA Extinct Access
             
Neophrontops americanus Miller, 1916 American neophrontops Late Pleistocene North America Extinct Access
             
Spizaetus grinnelli Miller, 1911 Grinnell’s crested eagle Late Pleistocene USA Extinct Access
             
Spizaetus pliogryps Shufeldt, 1891 - Late Pleistocene Oregon, USA Extinct Access
             
Spizaetus willetti Howard, 1935 - Late Pleistocene Nevada, USA Extinct Access
             
Stephanoaetus mahery Goodman, 1994 Malagasy crowned eagle, Madagascar crowned hawk-eagle Holocene Madagascar Extinct Access
             
Titanohierax gloveralleni
Wetmore, 1937 Bahaman titan hawk Late Pleistocene Little Exuma, Long Island & New Providence, Bahamas, West Indies Extinct Access
             
Titanohierax sp. nov. 'Hispaniola' - Hispaniolan titan hawk ? Haiti, Hispaniola Extinct Access
             
Trigonoceps sp. nov. 'Flores' -   Late Pleistocene Flores, Indonesia Extinct Access
             
ACCIPITRIDAE gen. indet. sp. nov. 'Hispaniola' -   Late Pleistocene? Hispaniola Extinct Access
             
GYPATINAE sp. et. gen. indet. 'Venezuela' -   Late Pleistocene Venezuela Extinct Access

 

 

Family: [Pandionidae (Ospreys)]

–No subordinate taxa

 

Family: [Sagittariidae (Secretarybird)]

–No subordinate taxa

 

Family: †Teratornithidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cathartornis gracilis Miller, 1910 Slender teratorn Late Pleistocene California, USA Extinct Access
             
Oscaravis olsoni (Arredondo & Arredondo, 2002) Cuban teratorn, Teratorno Cubano Late Pleistocene Cuba Extinct Access
             
Teratornis incredibilis Howard, 1952 Incredible teratorn Late Pleistocene USA Extinct Access
             
Teratornis merriami Miller, 1909 Merriam's teratorn Late Pleistocene North America Extinct Access
             
Teratornis woodburnensis Campbell & Stenger, 2002 - Late Pleistocene Oregon, USA Extinct Access

 

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