Biology:Gypaetinae

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Short description: Subfamily of birds

Gypaetinae
Bearded Vulture with bone - Catalan Pyrenees - Spain.jpg
Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Gypaetinae
Genera

See text.

The Gypaetinae is one of two subfamilies of Old World vultures the other being the Aegypiinae. Some taxonomic authorities place the Gypaetinae within the Perninae hawks. They are presently found throughout much of Africa, Asia, and southern Europe, hence being considered "Old World" vultures, but as recently as the Late Pleistocene, they were also present in North America.[1]

A 2005 study found Eutriorchis astur to be closely related.[2]

Species

Extant genera

Subfamily Genus Common and binomial names Image Range
Gypaetinae Gypaetus Storr, 1784 Bearded vulture
Gypaetus barbatus
Bearded Vulture with bone - Catalan Pyrenees - Spain.jpg High mountains in southern Europe, the Caucasus, Africa, the India n subcontinent, and Tibet
Gypaetus georgii Fossil record from the late Miocene, Spain[2]
Gypohierax Rüppell, 1836 Palm-nut vulture
Gypohierax angolensis
Palm-nut Vulture - Murchison Falls NP - Uganda 06 5600 (15280673919).jpg Forest and savannah across sub-Saharan Africa
Neophron Savigny, 1809 Egyptian vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Egyptian vulture.jpg Southwestern Europe and northern Africa to India
Neophron lolis Fossil record from the late Miocene, Spain[2]
Polyboroides A. Smith, 1829

African harrier-hawk, Polyboroides typus

Polyboroides typus -near Sand River Selous, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania-8, crop.jpg Sub Saharan Africa
Madagascan harrier-hawk, Polyboroides radiatus Madagascar

Fossil genera

Genera known only from fossils include:[1]

Subfamily Genus Common and binomial names Image Range
Gypaetinae Anchigyps Anchigyps voorhiesi Late Miocene to early Pliocene of North America
Arikarornis Arikarornis macdonaldi Early Miocene of North America
Mioneophron Mioneophron longirostris Late Miocene of China
Neophrontops Neophrontops americanus Neophrontops americanus fossil cropped.jpg Miocene to Late Pleistocene of North America
Neophrontops dakotensis
Neophrontops slaughteri
Neophrontops vallecitoensis
Neophrontops vetustus
Neogyps

(sometimes placed in the Aegypiinae)

Neogyps errans
Neogyps errans.jpg
Late Pleistocene of North America
Palaeoborus

(sometimes placed in the Aegypiinae)

Palaeoborus howardae Miocene of North America
Palaeoborus rosatus
Palaeoborus umbrosus

References

Other sources

Wikidata ☰ Q1285640 entry