Harpaginae Explained

Harpaginae is a subfamily of the bird of prey family Accipitridae. The species are found in Central and South America.

The subfamily was introduced (as Harpageae) by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with Harpagus Vigors, 1824 as the type genus.^{[1] [2]}

The genera Microspizias and Harpagus have in the past been placed in a subfamily Milvinae but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that such a grouping is polyphyletic for Buteoninae.^{[3] [4]}

Species

The subfamily contains four species in two genera:^{[4] [5]}

• Microspizias
  • Tiny hawk (Microspizias superciliosus)
  • Semicollared hawk (Microspizias collaris)
• Harpagus
  • Double-toothed kite (Harpagus bidentatus)
  • Rufous-thighed kite (Harpagus diodon)

Notes and References

1. Bonaparte . Charles Lucien . Charles Lucien Bonaparte . 1854 . Conspectus systematis ornithologiae . French . Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie . 4th series . 1 . 105-152 [111] .
2. Book: Bock, Walter J. . Walter Joseph Bock . 1994 . History and Nomenclature of Avian Family-Group Names . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 222 . American Museum of Natural History . New York . 132, 229 .
3. Book: Mindell . D. . Fuchs . J. . Johnson . J. . 2018 . Phylogeny, taxonomy, and geographic diversity of diurnal raptors: Falconiformes, Accipitriformes, and Cathartiformes . Sarasola . J.H. . Grange . J.M. . Negro . J.J. . Birds of Prey: Biology and conservation in the XXI century . Cham, Switzerland . Springer . 978-3-319-73744-7 . 3-32 .
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 . 10.1093/biolinnean/blae028.
5. 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 . 27 August 2024 .