鹭鹰科鹰形目的一个科,只有一个现存物种——原产于非洲的鹭鹰。还有另外两个已灭绝的属Pelargopappus(中新世法国)、Amanuensis(中新世非洲)。该科由奥托·芬奇古斯塔夫·哈特劳布命名于1870年,作为一个亚科Sagittariinae。[3][4]

鹭鹰
Sagittarius serpentarius
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 鸟纲 Aves
目: 鹰形目 Accipitriformes
科: 蛇鹫科 Sagittariidae
Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870[1][2]


参考资料

  1. ^ Finsch, Otto; Hartlaub, Gustav. Die Vogel Ost-Africas: Baron Carl Claus von Deer Decken's Reisen in Ost-Africa. Leipzig: C. F. Winter. 1870: 93 [2023-08-13]. (原始内容存档于2021-10-18) (德语). 
  2. ^ Bock, Walter J. History and Nomenclature of Avian Family-Group Names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Number 222. New York: American Museum of Natural History. 1994: 112, 133. 236. hdl:2246/830. 
  3. ^ Mayr, Gerald. Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance. John Wiley & Sons. 2016: 201 [2023-08-13]. ISBN 9781119020769. (原始内容存档于2023-08-13). 
  4. ^ Cécile Mourer-Chauviré. Birds (Aves) from the Middle Miocene of Arrisdrift (Namibia). Preliminary study with description of two new genera: Amanuensis (Accipitriformes, Sagittariidae) and Namibiavis (Gruiformes, Idiornithidae). Martin Pickford; Brigitte Senut (编). Geology and palaeobiology of the Central and Southern Namib. Vol. 2: Paleontology of the Orange River Valley. Geological Survey of Namibia, Memoir 19. 2003: 103–113.