Accipitridae

Translingual

Etymology

Accipiter +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Accipitridae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Accipitriformes – accipitrids, certain birds of prey.

Usage notes

Sometimes placed in the order Falconiformes.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Accipitriformes – order

Hyponyms

• (family): Accipitrinae, Aegypiinae, Aquilinae, Buteoninae, Circaetinae, Gypaetinae, Harpaginae, Harpiinae, Lophospizinae, Perninae, Polyboroidinae – extant subfamilies
  • Accipiter, Aegypius, Aerospiza, Aquila, Astur, Aviceda, Busarellus, Butastur, Buteo, Buteogallus, Chelictinia, Chondrohierax, Circaetus, Circus, Clanga, Cryptoleucopteryx, Elanoides, Elanus, Erythrotriorchis, Eutriorchis, Gampsonyx, Geranoaetus, Geranospiza, Gypaetus, Gypohierax, Gyps, Haliaeetus, Haliastur, Hamirostra, Harpagus, Harpia, Harpyopsis, Helicolestes, Henicopernis, Hieraaetus, Icthyophaga, Ictinaetus, Ictinia, Kaupifalco, Leptodon, Leucopternis, Lophaetus, Lophoictinia, Lophospiza, Lophotriorchis, Macheiramphus, Megatriorchis, Melierax, Micronisus, Microspizias, Milvus, Morphnarchus, Morphnus, Necrosyrtes, Neophron, Nisaetus, Parabuteo, Pernis, Pithecophaga, Polemaetus, Polyboroides, Pseudastur, Rostrhamus, Rupornis, Sarcogyps, Spilornis, Spizaetus, Stephanoaetus, Tachyspiza, Terathopius, Torgos, Trigonoceps, Urotriorchis – extant genera

Descendants

• English: accipitrid
• French: accipitridé m
• Italian: accipitride m
• Portuguese: acipitrídeo m

References

• Accipitridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Accipitridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Accipitridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Accipitridae at AnimalBase
• Accipitridae at World Register of Marine Species
• Accipitridae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Accipitridae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Accipitridae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Accipitridae at Paleobiology Database