Clanga (bird)
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| Clanga | |
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| Greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Aquilinae |
| Genus: | Clanga Adamowicz, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Falco clanga[1] Pallas, 1811
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Clanga is a genus which contains the spotted eagles. The genus name is from Ancient Greek klangos, "eagle".[2]
A molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae published in 2024 found that the genus Clanga was sister to the genus Ictinaetus which contains the black eagle.[3]
Species
[edit]| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Indian spotted eagle
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Clanga hastata (Lesson, 1834) |
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Nepal.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
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| Lesser spotted eagle
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Clanga pomarina Brehm, 1831 |
Central and Eastern Europe and southeastward to Turkey and Armenia, and Africa
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Greater spotted eagle
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Clanga clanga ((Pallas, 1811) |
northern Europe eastwards across Eurasia
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
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Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ "Accipitridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Catanach, T.A.; 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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Clanga hastata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22729779A95021573. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22729779A95021573.en. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Clanga pomarina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22696022A203665834. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22696022A203665834.en. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Clanga clanga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22696027A203868747. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22696027A203868747.en. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
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