- 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...
- This list is
based on the
Handbook of Australian, New
Zealand and
Antarctic Birds list, May 2002 update, with the
doubtfuls omitted. It
includes the birds...
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Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class: Aves Order:
Accipitriformes Family:
Pandionidae Genus:
Pandion Species: †P. pannonicus
Binomial name †Pandion pannonicus...
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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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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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zoologist Marie Jules César
Savigny in 1809, is the sole
genus of the
family Pandionidae; it is
named for a
mythic Gr****
figure known as Pandion. Some arrangements...
- †Horusornithidae
Horusornis Pandionidae Pandion Sagittariidae †Amanuensis †Amphiserpentarius †Pelargopappus
Sagittarius Accipitridae...
- Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, harriers, kites, and Old
World vultures Pandionidae: the
osprey Sagittariidae: the
secretarybird Falconidae: falcons, caracaras...
