Circaetus spectabilis

Circaetus spectabilis spectabilis, Kakum, Ghana

Circaetus spectabilis — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Accipitriformes
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: Accipitriformes

Familia: Accipitridae
Subfamilia: Circaetinae
Genus: Circaetus
Species: Circaetus spectabilis
Subspecies: C. s. batesi – C. s. spectabilis

Name

Circaetus spectabilis (Schlegel, 1863)

Type locality: St. George Elmina, Gold Coast (Ghana).

Synonymy

Astur spectabilis (protonym)
Dryotriorchis spectabilis (Schlegel, 1863)

References

Primary references

Descriptions de deux espèces inédites d'autour du sous-genre Herpetotheres. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor De Dierkunde 1 p. 131 BHL pl. 6

Additional references

Lerner, H.R.L., & Mindell, D.P. 2005. Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(2): 327–346. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.010 Reference page.
Catanach, T.E., 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. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blae028 ResearchGate Reference page.

Vernacular names

čeština: Orlík jestřábovitý
Deutsch: Kongoschlangenadler
English: Congo Serpent Eagle
español: Culebrera congoleña
français: Serpentaire du Congo
italiano: Serpentario del Congo
Nederlands: Congolese Slangenarend
polski: Wężojad kongijski
português: águia-cobreira-congolesa
svenska: kongoormörn

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