Circaetus spectabilis

Circaetus spectabilis spectabilis, Kakum, Ghana

Circaetus spectabilis — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Accipitriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Neocoelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Passerea Cladus: Telluraves Ordo: Accipitriformes

Familia: Accipitridae
Subfamilia: Circaetinae
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus spectabilis
Subspecies: C. s. batesi – C. s. spectabilis

Name

Circaetus spectabilis (Schlegel, 1863)

• Type locality: St. George Elmina, Gold Coast (Ghana).

Synonymy

• Astur spectabilis (protonym)
• Dryotriorchis spectabilis (Schlegel, 1863)

References

Primary references

• Descriptions de deux espèces inédites d'autour du sous-genre Herpetotheres. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor De Dierkunde 1 p. 131 BHL pl. 6

Additional references

• Lerner, H.R.L., & Mindell, D.P. 2005. Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(2): 327–346. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.010 Reference page. 
• Catanach, T.E., 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 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• čeština: Orlík jestřábovitý
• Deutsch: Kongoschlangenadler
• English: Congo Serpent Eagle
• español: Culebrera congoleña
• français: Serpentaire du Congo
• italiano: Serpentario del Congo
• Nederlands: Congolese Slangenarend
• polski: Wężojad kongijski
• português: águia-cobreira-congolesa
• svenska: kongoormörn

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