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Clanga
Greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Aquilinae
Genus: Clanga
Adamowicz, 1854
Type species
Falco maculatus [1]
Gmelin, 1788

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

Genus ClangaAdamowicz, 1854 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Indian spotted eagle

Clanga hastata
( Lesson, 1834)
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Nepal.
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2,500 - 9,999 [4] Decrease

Lesser spotted eagle

Clanga pomarina
Brehm, 1831
Central and Eastern Europe and southeastward to Turkey and Armenia, and Africa
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40,000 - 60,000 [5] Steady

Greater spotted eagle

Clanga clanga
( (Pallas, 1811)
northern Europe eastwards across Eurasia
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3,300 - 8,800 [6] Decrease


Notes

References

  1. ^ "Accipitridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  110. ISBN  978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga hastata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  5. ^ BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga pomarina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  6. ^ BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga clanga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.