Subfamily Accipitrinae Vigors, 1824
- Accipitrina Vigors, N.A. 1824. Sketches in ornithology; or, observations on the leading affinities of some of the more extensive groups of birds. On the groups of the Falconidae. Zoological Journal London 1: 308-346 [313] [original spelling].
Type genus:
Accipiter Brisson, 1760.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Buteonina Vigors, N.A. 1824. Sketches in ornithology; or, observations on the leading affinities of some of the more extensive groups of birds. On the groups of the Falconidae. Zoological Journal London 1: 308-346 [314].
Type genus:
Buteo Lacépède, 1799.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Milvina Vigors, N.A. 1824. Sketches in ornithology; or, observations on the leading affinities of some of the more extensive groups of birds. On the groups of the Falconidae. Zoological Journal London 1: 308-346 [314] [used within Vigors' Stirps [divisions, families or subfamilies] of an expanded Falconidae].
Type genus:
Milvus Lacépède, 1799.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Aquiline Vigors, N.A. 1825. Observations on the natural affinities that connect the orders and families of birds. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14: 395-517 [420].
Type genus:
Aquiline Brisson, 1760.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]; Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Gypaetinae Bonaparte, C.L. 1831. Saggio di una distribuzione metodica degli animali vertebrati. Giornale Arcadico di Scienze Lettere ed Arti 49: 3-77 [36] [Gypaetus Storr, 1784, Alpenreise vom Jahre, 1781, 1: 69 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Gypaetus grandis Storr, 1784, Alpenreise vom Jahre, 1781, 1: 69, valid name: Vultur aureus Hablizl, 1783) (Aves). Op. 67, Direction 81. Neophroninae -If the Old World Vultures are recognized as a separate group (subfamily), then the correct name for this taxon would be (a) Gypaetinae Bonaparte, 1831 if the genus Gypaetus Storr, 1784 is included in this taxon, or (b) Neophroninae Gray and Gray, 1848 if Gypaetus is not included. Gypinae Blyth, 1851 (Gyps Savigny, 1809) and Aegypiinae W.P. Sclater, 1924 (Aegypius Savigny, 1809) were published later and lack priority with respect to the first two names mentioned. Aegypiinae has been used by some authors as has Gypinae, but no problem of well-established use exists for any of these names].
Type genus:
Gypaetus Storr, 1784.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]; Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Circinae Sundevall, C.J. 1836. Ornithologiskt system. For 1835. Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar 43-130 [Circus Lacepède, 1799, Tableau des Oiseaux: 4 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Lesson, 1828 (Man. Ornithol., 1: 105): Falco aeruginosus Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 91) (Aves). Op. 1189].
Type genus:
Circus Lacépède, 1799.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. Type genus:
Milvus Lacépède, 1799.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261].- Racaminae 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.] [1].
Type genus:
Racama Gray, G.R., 1840 [a junior synonym of Gypohierax, Rüppell, 1835].Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]. - Gypohieracinae Bonaparte, C.L. 1842. Catalogo metodico degli icelli Europei. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali, Bologna 4(8): 56-67 [59].
Type genus:
Gypohierax Rüppell, 1836.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Neophroninae Gray, G.R. 1848. List of specimens of birds in the collections of the British Museum. London : British Museum Trustees Part 1 2, pp.viii + 209. [7].
Type genus:
Neophron Savigny, 1809 [Neophron Savigny, 1809, Descr. Egypte, 1(1) (Ois.): 68, 75 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Vultur percnopterus (emendation of perenopterus) Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 87) (Aves). Op. 67, Op. 411, Direction 74].Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]; Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Elaninae Blyth, E. 1849. Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum, Asiatic Society. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal xxxiv 403 pp. [18].
Type genus:
Elanus Savigny, 1809 [Elanus Savigny, 1809, Descr. Egypte, 1(1) (Ois.): 69, 97 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Elanus caesius Savigny, 1809, Descr. Egypte, 1(1) (Ois.): 98, valid name: Falco caeruleus Desfontaines, [1789]) (Aves). Op. 67].Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262]. - Haliaëtinae Blyth, E. 1849. Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum, Asiatic Society. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal xxxiv 403 pp. [29].
Type genus:
Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]; Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Circaëtinae Blyth, E. 1849. Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum, Asiatic Society. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal xxxiv 403 pp. [19].
Type genus:
Circaëtus Viellot, 1816.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]. - Thrasaëtinae Blyth, E. 1849. Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum, Asiatic Society. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal xxxiv 403 pp. [24].
Type genus:
Thrasaëtos Bonaparte, C.L., 1837 [a junior synonym of Harpia, Vieillot, 1816].Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]. - Percnopterinae Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1849-50. Die vollstandigste Naturgeschichte des In-und Auslandes. Abt. II. Vogel. Dresden & Leipzig : Expedition der vollstandigsten Naturgeschichte, pp.875 color plates + 1 volume of text. [Date published 1850: Four volumes in seven] [percnopterus (emendation of perenopterus), Vultur, Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 87 (specific name of the type species of Neophron Savigny, 1809) (Aves). Op. 411. Neophron Savigny, 1809, Descr. Egypte, 1(1) (Ois.): 68, 75 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Vultur percnopterus (emendation of perenopterus) Linnaeus, 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 87) (Aves). Op. 67, Op. 411, Direction 74].
Type genus:
Percnopterus Rafinesque, C.S., 1815 [a junior synonym of Neophron, Savigny, 1809].Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Gypinae Blyth, E. 1850. Conspectus of the ornithology of India, Burma, and the Malayan Peninsular, inclusive of Sindl, Asam, Ceylon, and the Nicobar Islands. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 19(vii): 501-517 [502].
Type genus:
Gyps Savigny, 1809.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Asturineae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris 4 1: 105-152 [110].
Type genus:
Asturina Vieillot, 1816 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names and the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology. Asturina Vieillot, 1816, Analyse nouv. Ornithol. elem. : 24 (gender : feminine) (type species, by monotypy : Asturia [sic] cinerea Vieillot, 1816, Analyse nouv. Ornith. elem. : 68) (Aves) 0. 67].Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Spizaeteae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris 4 1: 105-152 [111].
Type genus:
Spizaetus Vieillot, 1816.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Harpageae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris 4 1: 105-152 [111].
Type genus:
Harpagus Vigors, N.A., 1824.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Polyboroidinae Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris 4 1: 105-152 [111].
Type genus:
Polyboroides Smith, A., 1829.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Nisi. Ridgway, R. 1873. Catalogue of the ornithological collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Part II. Falconidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 43-106 [57] [Nisinae (Accipitrinae)-Nisinae Ridgway, 1873 (Nisus Lacépède, 1799 = Used as an abbreviation [= Nisi.]. Nisinae (Accipitrinae)-Nisinae Ridgway, 1873 (Nisus Lacépède, 1799 = Accipiter Brisson, 1766; = Accipitrinae Vigors, 1824) and Nisinae Poche, 1904 (Nisus Möhring, 1752 = Centropus Illiger, 1811; = Centropodinae Horsfield, 1823) are based on different genera. However, Nisinae Poche, 1904 is unavailable, being based on a pre-Linnaean genus, and hence it does not enter Nisus Möhring, 1752, being pre-Linnaean, does not predate Nisus Lacépède, 1799. Both names are in the main list. Under Nisinae (Centropodinae)].
Type genus:
Nisus Lacépède, 1799.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Ictiniae Ridgway, R. 1873. Catalogue of the ornithological collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Part II. Falconidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 43-106 [54].
Type genus:
Ictinia Vieillot, 1816.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262]; Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Archibuteones Ridgway, R. 1873. Catalogue of the ornithological collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Part II. Falconidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 43-106 [72].
Type genus:
Archibuteo Brehm, 1831 [a junior synonym of Buteo, Lacépède 1799].Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Urubitingae Ridgway, R. 1873. Catalogue of the ornithological collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Part II. Falconidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 43-106 [62].
Type genus:
Urubitinga Lafresnaye, 1842 [a junior synonym of Buteogallus, Lesson 1830].Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [132]. - Geranospizae Ridgway, R. 1873. Catalogue of the ornithological collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. Part II. Falconidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 43-106 [62].
Type genus:
Geranospiza Kaup, 1847.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Machaeramphides. Milne Edwards, A. & Grandidier, A. 1879. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. pp.779 in Grandidier, A. Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. Paris : Impreimerie Nationale Vol. 121(Tome 1) pp.779. [77].
Type genus:
Macheiramphus Bonaparte, C.L., 1850.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Milvidae Maynard, C.J. 1881. The birds of eastern North America. Newtonville, Mass. : C.J. Maynard & Co. pp.iv + 532. [281].
Type genus:
[Milvus] Lacépède, 1799 [No genus designated, Milvus by implication Lacépède 1799].Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [261]. - Ictininae Shufeldt, R.W. 1891. Some comparative osteological notes on the North American kites. Ibis [1891]: 228-232 [232] [subsequent misspelling].
Type genus:
Ictinia Vieillot, 1816.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262]. - Elanoidinae Shufeldt, R.W. 1891. Some comparative osteological notes on the North American kites. Ibis [1891]: 228-232 [232].
Type genus:
Elanoides Vieillot, 1818.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262]. - Rostrhaminae Shufeldt, R.W. 1891. Some comparative osteological notes on the North American kites. Ibis [1891]: 228-232 [232].
Type genus:
Rostrhamus Lesson, 1830.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262]. - †Taphaetus De Vis, C.W. 1891. Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6: 437-456 [454].
Type genus:
Uroaetus De Vis, C.W., 1890. - †Cruschedulidae Ameghino, F. 1899. Sinopsis geológico-paleontológica, Suplemento. La Plata : La Libertad pp. 1-13. [9].
Type genus:
†Cruschedula Ameghino, F., 1899.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [242]. - Gymnogenyinae Dubois, A. 1904. Synopsis avium. Nouveau manuel d'ornithologie. Brussels : H. Lamertin Part 2 pp x + 730-1339. [835].
Type genus:
Gymnogenys Lesson, 1830 [a junior synonym of Polyboroides, Smith 1829].Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Craxireginae Poche, F. 1904. Ein bisher nicht berücksichttigtes zoologisches Werk aus dem Jahre 1758, in dem die Grundsätze der binären Nomenklatur befolgt sind. Zoologischer Anzeiger 27: 495-510 [503].
Type genus:
Craxirex Gould, 1839 [a junior synonym of Buteo, Lacépède, 1799].Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262]. Type genus:
Aegypius Savigny, 1809.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [262].- †Palaeoplancinae Wetmore, A. 1934. An Oligocene eagle from Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 87(19): 1-9 [9].
Type genus:
†Palaeoplancus Wetmore, 1934.Secondary source:
Brodkorb, P. 1964. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 2 (Anseriformes through Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 8(3): 195-335 [273]. - Buteogallinae Verheyen, R. 1959. Révision de la systématique des Falconiformes. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 5(37): 1-51.
Type genus:
Buteogallus Lesson, 1830. - Necrosyrtinae Verheyen, R. 1959. Révision de la systématique des Falconiformes. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 5(37): 1-51.
Type genus:
Necrosyrtes Gloger, 1841.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Busarellinae Verheyen, R. 1959. Révision de la systématique des Falconiformes. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 5(37): 1-51.
Type genus:
Busarellus Lafresnaye, 1843.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Hamirostrinae Verheyen, R. 1959. Révision de la systématique des Falconiformes. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 5(37): 1-51.
Type genus:
Hamirostra Brown,T., 1846.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. - Harpyopseinae Verheyen, R. 1959. Révision de la systématique des Falconiformes. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 5(37): 1-51.
Type genus:
Harpyopsis Salvadori, T., 1875.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133]. Type genus:
Gampsonyx Vigors, N.A., 1825 [Gampsonyx Vigors, 1825, Zool. J., 2(5): 69 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Gampsonyx swainsonii Vigors, 1825, Zool. J., 2(5): 69) (Aves). Op. 67].Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].Type genus:
Pithecophaga Ogilvie-Grant, W.R., 1896.Secondary source:
Bock, W.J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1-281 [133].
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | FALCONIFORMES | 18-Jun-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |