IRMNG - Melierax Gray, 1840

IRMNG taxon details

Melierax Gray, 1840

IRMNG_ID

1292950 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1292950)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Accipitridae Viellot, 1816

Synonymised names

Meliecrax Gray, 1844 · unaccepted

Melijerax Kaup, 1851 · unaccepted

Direct children (4)

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Species Melierax canorus (Thunberg, 1799)
Species Melierax gabar (Daudin, 1800)
Species Melierax metabates Heuglin, 1861
Species Melierax poliopterus Cabanis, 1869

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, G.R. (1840). A list of the genera of birds with an indication of the typical species of each genus, compiled from various sources. Richard and John E. Taylor, London . vii+ii+80 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48588
page(s): 3 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as G.R. Gray, 1840.

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as G.R. Gray, 1840. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Melierax Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1292950 on 2024-11-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (8)
Notes (1)

original description Gray, G.R. (1840). A list of the genera of birds with an indication of the typical species of each genus, compiled from various sources. Richard and John E. Taylor, London . vii+ii+80 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48588
page(s): 3 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

original description (of Melijerax Kaup, 1851) Arch. Naturgesch., 17 (1)
page(s): 88 [details]

original description (of Meliecrax Gray, 1844) List Birds Coll. Brit. Mus., 1
page(s): 39 [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as G.R. Gray, 1840. [details]