- fish-eating bird of prey,
known as ospreys, the only
genus of
family Pandionidae. Most
taxonomic treatments have
regarded this
genus as
containing a single...
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characteristics it is
classified in its own
taxonomic genus, Pandion, and family,
Pandionidae. The
osprey was
described in 1758 by the
Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus...
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secretarybird was
sister to a
clade containing the
ospreys in the
family Pandionidae and the kites,
hawks and
eagles in the
family Accipitridae. The same...
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Accipitriformes Accipitridae (eagles, harriers, hawks, kites, Old
World vultures)
Pandionidae (ospreys) (1 or 2 species)
Cathartidae (Cathartid
vultures and condors)...
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included in this group. The
osprey is
usually placed in a
separate family (
Pandionidae), as is the
secretary bird (Sagittariidae), and the New
World vultures...
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Cathartidae (New
World vultures and condors),
Sagittariidae (secretarybird),
Pandionidae (ospreys),
Accipitridae (hawks) were
classified in Falconiformes. A variety...
- †Horusornithidae
Horusornis Pandionidae Pandion Sagittariidae †Amanuensis †Amphiserpentarius †Pelargopappus
Sagittarius Accipitridae...
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termed a "sea-eagle",
although ospreys come from the
taxonomic family Pandionidae and are not
classified as true sea eagles.
Novelist Kurt
Vonnegut invented...
- †Horusornithidae
Horusornis Pandionidae Pandion Sagittariidae †Amanuensis †Amphiserpentarius †Pelargopappus
Sagittarius Accipitridae...
- †Horusornithidae
Horusornis Pandionidae Pandion Sagittariidae †Amanuensis †Amphiserpentarius †Pelargopappus
Sagittarius Accipitridae...
