Cathartiformes

Cathartiformes
Temporal range: Eocene to present
California condor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Accipitrimorphae
Order: Cathartiformes
Coues, 1884
Subtaxa
Turkey vultures coming in to the same roost they use for the season.

The Cathartiformes /kəˈθɑːrtɪfɔːrmiːz/ order of scavenging birds includes the New World vultures and the now-extinct Teratornithidae.[1] Unlike many Old World vultures, this group of birds lack talons and musculature in their feet suitable to seize prey. In the past, they were considered to be a sister group to the storks of the order Ciconiiformes based on DNA–DNA hybridization and morphology.[2][3] However, a 2021 analysis of mitochondrial genes suggested a stronger phylogenetic relationship between Cathartiformes and subfamilies of Accipitriformes.[4]

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  2. ^ Ligon, J. David (1967). "Relationships of the cathartid vultures". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (651). hdl:2027.42/57087.
  3. ^ Sibley, Charles Gald & Ahlquist, Jon Edward (1990): Phylogeny and classification of birds. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.
  4. ^ Urantowka, Kroczak, Strzała, Zaniewicz, Kurkowski, Mackiewicz, Adam, Aleksandra, Tomasz, Grzegorz, Marcin, Paweł (August 15, 2021). "Mitogenomes of Accipitriformes and Cathartiformes Were Subjected to Ancestral and Recent Duplications Followed by Gradual Degeneration". Genome Biology and Evolution. 13 (9). doi:10.1093/gbe/evab193. PMC 8435663. PMID 34432018.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)