WoRMS taxon details
Macheiramphus Westerman, 1848
AphiaID: 205174
AphiaID: 205174
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Falconiformes (Order) > Accipitridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Accipitridae | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Macheiramphus alcinus Westerman, 1851 | |||||||||||||
| Link | To GenBank | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: medium, slender, lightly built. Plumage: thick velvety feathers on lores; wing long, narrow and pointed; some feathers with edges modified for silent flight tail longish. Other details: large yellow eye; nearly horizontal nostrils; long slender toes with sharp talons. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205174 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Macheiramphus Westerman, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205174 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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