Perninae

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The raptor subfamily Perninae includes a number of medium-sized broad-winged bird of prey species known as perns. These are birds of warmer climates, although the Pernis species (European honey buzzard and crested honey buzzard) have a more extensive range.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Accipitriformes
Family:Accipitridae
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Perninae
Pacific baza (Aviceda subcristata)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Perninae
Blyth, 1851
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Several of the species in this group eat mainly insects, and the honey-buzzards are specialist feeders on wasp larvae. Reptiles are also taken by several birds in this group.

Several authorities consider the vultures of Gypaetinae to be within or even synonymous with Perninae.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The cladogram of the Perninae shown below is based on a molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae by Therese Catanach and collaborators that was published in 2024.[3]

Perninae

Eutriorchis – Madagascar serpent eagle (placement uncertain)

Chondrohierax – kites (2 species)

Leptodon – kites (2 species)

Aviceda – bazas and cuckoo-hawks (5 species)

Pernis – honey buzzards (4 species)

Elanoides – swallow-tailed kite

Hamirostra – black-breasted buzzard

Lophoictinia – square-tailed kite

Henicopernis – honey buzzards (2 species)

Genera

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Image Genus Living species
Eutriorchis Sharpe, 1875
Chondrohierax Lesson, 1843
Leptodon Sundevall, 1836
Aviceda Swainson, 1836
Pernis Cuvier, 1816
Elanoides Vieillot, 1818
  • Swallow-tailed kite Elanoides forficatus
    • E. f. forficatus (Linn. 1758)
    • E. f. yetapa(Vieillot, 1818)
Hamirostra Brown, 1846
Lophoictinia Kaup, 1847
Henicopernis (Lesson & Garnot, 1828)
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