Clanga (bird)
Clanga | |
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Greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Subfamily: | Aquilinae |
Genus: | Clanga Adamowicz, 1854 |
Type species | |
Falco maculatus[1] Gmelin, 1788 |
Clanga is a genus which contains the spotted eagles. The genus name is from Ancient Greek klangos, "eagle".[2]
A molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae published in 2024 found that the genus Clanga was sister to the genus Ictinaetus which contains the black eagle.[3]
Species
[edit]Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Indian spotted eagle | Clanga hastata (Lesson, 1834) | Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Nepal.![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | VU
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Lesser spotted eagle | Clanga pomarina Brehm, 1831 | Central and Eastern Europe and southeastward to Turkey and Armenia, and Africa![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Greater spotted eagle | Clanga clanga ((Pallas, 1811) | northern Europe eastwards across Eurasia![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | VU
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Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ "Accipitridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga hastata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga pomarina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga clanga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.