Genus Circus Lacépède, 1799

Museums

Regional Maps

• Circus Lacépède, B.G.É. 1799. Discours d'Ouverture et de Clôture du Cours d'Histoire Naturelle Donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 1'an VII de la République, et tableaux méthodiques des mammifères et des oiseaux. Paris : Plassan pp.94. [4].

  Type species:

   Falco aeruginosus Linnaeus, C., 1758 (= Circus aeruginosus Linnaeus, 1758) by subsequent designation, see Lesson, R.P. 1828. Manuel d' Ornithologie, ou Description des Genres et des principales Espèces d'Oiseaux. Paris : Roret Vol. 1 pp.iv + 421. [105].

  Secondary source:

   Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp. [236]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [85]; Stresemann, E.; Amadon, D. 1979. Falconiformes. pp.271-425 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [316]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
• Circus Brisson, M.-J. 1760. Ornithologie ou méthode contenant la Division des oiseaux en Ordres, Sectiones, Genres, Espèces & leurs Variétés. Paris : J.-B. Bauche Vol. I xxiv 526 lxxiii pp. XXXVII pls. [398] [non generic name].
• Pygargus Koch, K.L. 1816. System der baierischen Zoologie. Nürnberg : Steinischen Buchhandlung Vol. 1 xlviii 435 pp. [32].

  Type species:

   Falco pygargus Linnaeus, C., 1758 by Linnaean tautonymy.

  Secondary source:

   Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
• Strigiceps Bonaparte, C.L.J.L. 1838. A Geographical and Comparative List of the Birds of Europe and North America. London : John Van Voorst vii, 67 pp. [5].

  Type species:

   Falco cyaneus Linnaeus, C., 1766 (Bonaparte and Gray considered Falco pygargus Linnaeus as equivalent to Falco cyaneus Linnaeus) by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [Date published Apr 1840: published before Apr.] [5].

  Secondary source:

   Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
• Glaucopteryx Kaup, J.J. 1844. Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. Darmstadt : C.W. Leske x 144 pp. [113].

  Type species:

   Falco cineraceus Temminck, C., 1820 (= Circus pygargus Linnaeus, 1758; a junior homonym of Glaucopteryx Huebner, 1825) by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
• Spizacircus Kaup, J.J. 1845. Ueber Falken. Museum Senckenberg Abhandlungen 3(3): 231-262 [258].

  Type species:

   Circus macropterus Vieillot, 1816 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
• Spilocircus Kaup, J.J. 1847. Die Genera die Milvinae. Isis von Oken 49(2): Col. 83-121 [89].

  Type species:

   Spilocircus jardinii Gould, J., 1837 (= Circus assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828) by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [85]; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Order ACCIPITRIFORMES: Secretary-bird, Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Allies. pp.169-176 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [170].
• Pterocircus Kaup, J.J. 1850. Corrigirte Uebersicht der Falconidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 16(1): 27-41 [32] [unnecessary nomen novum for Glaucopteryx Kaup, 1844].

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	27-Sep-2022	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020	FALCONIFORMES	02-Sep-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		12-Feb-2010	(import)