Clanga (bird) explained

Clanga is a genus which contains the spotted eagles. The genus name is from Ancient Greek klangos, "eagle".[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Clanga was described in 1854 by the Polish naturalist Adam Ferdynand Adamowicz (1802-1881).[2] [3] [4] The type species is Falco maculatus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, a synonym of Aquila clanga (the greater spotted eagle) that was described in 1811 by Peter Simon Pallas. Falco maculatus J. F. Gmelin is preoccupied by Falco maculatus Tunstall 1771 but under the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Falco maculatus is still considered to be the type species.[5] [6] The genus name is from Ancient Greek klangos meaning "eagle".[7]

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.[8]

Species

The genus contains three species:[9]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jobling, James A . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 110.
  2. Adamowicz . Adam Ferdynand . 1853 . 1854 . Enumération des travaux littéraires publiés ou en manuscrits de C. Tyzenhauz . Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou . 26 . 4 . 526-529 [529].
  3. Hordowski . Józef . Gregory . Steven M S . 2018 . The avian genus‐group name Clanga Adamowicz dates from 1854 . Zoological Bibliography . 4 . 6 . 127-129 .
  4. Gregory . S.M.S. . Dickinson . E.C. . Dickinson . E.C. . 2012 . Clanga has priority over Aquiloides (or how to drop a clanger) . Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . 132 . 2 . 135-136 .
  5. Book: Dickinson . E.C. . Edward C. Dickinson . Remsen . J.V. Jr. . James Van Remsen Jr. . 2013 . The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . 1: Non-passerines . 4th . Eastbourne, UK . Aves Press . 978-0-9568611-0-8 . 241 . registration .
  6. Web site: Chapter 15: Types in the genus group. Art. 67.1.2 . International Code Of Zoological Nomenclature . 1999 . International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature . 4th .
  7. Book: Jobling, James A . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 110.
  8. 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 . 10.1093/biolinnean/blae028.
  9. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . August 2024 . Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 20 November 2024 .

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