Gypaetinae

Gypaetinae
Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Gypaetinae
Genera

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The Gypaetinae is one of two subfamilies of Old World vultures the other being the Aegypiinae. Some taxonomic authorities place the Gypaetinae within the Perninae hawks. They are presently found throughout much of Africa, Asia, and southern Europe, hence being considered "Old World" vultures, but as recently as the Late Pleistocene, they were also present in North America.[1]

A 2005 study found Eutriorchis astur to be closely related.[2]

Species

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Extant genera

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Subfamily Genus Common and binomial names Image Range
Gypaetinae Gypaetus Storr, 1784 Bearded vulture
Gypaetus barbatus
High mountains in southern Europe, the Caucasus, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Tibet
Gypaetus georgii Fossil record from the late Miocene, Spain[2]
Gypohierax Rüppell, 1836 Palm-nut vulture
Gypohierax angolensis
Forest and savannah across sub-Saharan Africa
Neophron Savigny, 1809 Egyptian vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Southwestern Europe and northern Africa to India
Neophron lolis Fossil record from the late Miocene, Spain[2]
Polyboroides A. Smith, 1829

African harrier-hawk, Polyboroides typus

Sub Saharan Africa
Madagascan harrier-hawk, Polyboroides radiatus Madagascar

Fossil genera

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Genera known only from fossils include:[1]

Subfamily Genus Common and binomial names Image Range
Gypaetinae Anchigyps Anchigyps voorhiesi Late Miocene to early Pliocene of North America
Arikarornis Arikarornis macdonaldi Early Miocene of North America
Mioneophron Mioneophron longirostris Late Miocene of China
Neophrontops Neophrontops americanus Miocene to Late Pleistocene of North America
Neophrontops dakotensis
Neophrontops slaughteri
Neophrontops vallecitoensis
Neophrontops vetustus
Neogyps

(sometimes placed in the Aegypiinae)

Neogyps errans
Late Pleistocene of North America
Palaeoborus

(sometimes placed in the Aegypiinae)

Palaeoborus howardae Miocene of North America
Palaeoborus rosatus
Palaeoborus umbrosus

References

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  1. ^ a b Li, Zhiheng; Clarke, Julia A.; Zhou, Zhonghe; Deng, Tao (2016-10-01). "A new Old World vulture from the late Miocene of China sheds light on Neogene shifts in the past diversity and distribution of the Gypaetinae". The Auk. 133 (4): 615–625. doi:10.1642/AUK-15-240.1. ISSN 1938-4254.
  2. ^ a b c Sánchez-Marco, Antonio (2022). "Two new Gypaetinae (Accipitridae, Aves) from the late Miocene of Spain" (PDF). Historical Biology. 34 (8): 1534–1543. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2053117.

Other sources

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