Himantornithinae

Himantornis haematopus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gruiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda 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: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Cladus: Neornithes Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Ordo: Gruiformes

Familia: Rallidae
Subfamilia: Himantornithinae
Tribus: Amaurornithini – Fulicini – Himantornithini – Laterallini – Porphyrionini – Zapornini

Conspectus generum

Aenigmatolimnas – Amaurornis – Coturnicops – Fulica – Gallicrex – Gallinula – Gymnocrex – Himantornis – Laterallus – Megacrex – Paragallinula – Poliolimnas – Porphyrio – Porphyriops – Porzana – Rallina – Rufirallus – Tribonyx – Zapornia

Name

Himantornithinae Bonaparte, 1856 ("Himanthornitheae") [cf. Bock, 1994]
or
Himantornithinae G.R. Gray, 1871 [cf. Kirchman et al., 2021]

• Typus: Himantornis Hartlaub, 1855

References

Primary references

• Bonaparte, C.L. 1856. Excursion dans les divers Museés d'Allemagne, de Hollande et de Belgique, et Tableaux paralléliques de l'ordre des Échassiers. Compte Rendu des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 43: 410–421 BHL; Suite 571–579 BHL; Fin 593–601 BHL. Mallet-Bachelier. Paris. Reference page.  p. 600 "Himanthornitheae"
• Gray, G.R. 1871. Hand-list of genera and species of birds, distinguishing those contained in the British Museum. Part 3. Struthiones, Grallae, and anseres. British Museum (Natural History): London. i–xi; 1–350. BHL Reference page.  p. 64

Additional references

• Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281. hdl: 2246/830 Reference page.  p. 136
• Garcia-R, J.C., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R. & French, N. 2020. Phylogenomic reconstruction sheds light on new relationships and timescale of rails (Aves: Rallidae) evolution. Diversity 12(2): 70. DOI: 10.3390/d12020070 Reference page. 
• Kirchman, J.J., McInerney, N.R., Giarla, T.C., Olson, S.L., Slikas, E. & Fleischer, R.C. 2021. Phylogeny based on ultra-conserved elements clarifies the evolution of rails and allies (Ralloidea) and is the basis for a revised classification. Ornithology 138(4): ukab042. DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab042 Reference page.