Gypaetinae

Gypaetinae
Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Gypaetinae
Genera

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The Gypaetinae is one of two subfamilies of Old World vultures the other being the Aegypiinae. Some taxonomic authorities place the Gypaetinae within the Perninae hawks. They are presently found throughout much of Africa, Asia, and southern Europe, hence being considered "Old World" vultures, but as recently as the Late Pleistocene, they were also present in North America.[1]

A 2005 study found Eutriorchis astur to be closely related.[2]

  1. ^ Li, Zhiheng; Clarke, Julia A.; Zhou, Zhonghe; Deng, Tao (2016-10-01). "A new Old World vulture from the late Miocene of China sheds light on Neogene shifts in the past diversity and distribution of the Gypaetinae". The Auk. 133 (4): 615–625. doi:10.1642/AUK-15-240.1. ISSN 1938-4254.
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