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Taxon: Genus Accipiter Brisson, 1760 (bird)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Sarcopterygii
                                                           Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                                                             Clade Dipnotetrapodomorpha Nelson, 2006
                                                               Clade Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
                                                                 Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
                                                                   Clade Osteolepidida Boulenger 1901 [Cloutier & Ahlberg 1996]
                                                                     Clade Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010
                                                                       [crown] Clade Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961
                                                                         Clade Stegocephali Cope 1868 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                           Clade Labyrinthodontia Owen 1859 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                             Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                               Clade Pan-Amniota Rowe 2004 [Laurin & Smithson 2020]
                                                                                 Clade Batrachosauria
                                                                                   Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
                                                                                     Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
                                                                                       Clade Eureptilia Olson, 1947
                                                                                         Clade Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
                                                                                           Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
                                                                                             Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985 [sensu Reisz et al., 2011]
                                                                                               Clade Sauria Macartney 1802 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
                                                                                                 Clade Pan-Archelosauria W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021
                                                                                                   Clade Archelosauria N.G. Crawford, J.F. Parham, A.B. Sellas, B.C. Faircloth, T.C. Glenn, T.J. Papenfuss, ..., W.B. Simison 2015 [W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021]
                                                                                                     Clade Pan-Archosauria Gauthier 2020
                                                                                                       Clade Archosauromorpha von Huene 1946 [Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                         Clade Crocopoda Ezcurra 2016
                                                                                                           Clade Archosauriformes Gauthier 1994 [Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                             Clade Eucrocopoda Ezcurra 2016
                                                                                                               Clade Archosauria Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 2020]
                                                                                                                 Clade Pan-Aves Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                   Clade Ornithodira Gauthier 1986 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                     Clade Dinosauromorpha Benton 1985 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                       Clade Dinosauriformes Novas 1992 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                         Clade Dracohors Cau 2018
                                                                                                                           Clade Dinosauria Owen 1842 [Langer, Novas, Bittencourt, Ezcurra & Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                                             Clade Saurischia Seeley 1888 [Gauthier, Langer, Novas, Bittencourt & Ezcurra 2020]
                                                                                                                               Clade Eusaurischia Padian et al. 1999
                                                                                                                                 Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                                                   Clade Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
                                                                                                                                     Clade Averostra Paul 2002
                                                                                                                                       Clade Tetanurae Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                         Clade Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012
                                                                                                                                           Clade Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
                                                                                                                                             Clade Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
                                                                                                                                               Clade Tyrannoraptora Sereno 1999, nom. cl. inval.
                                                                                                                                                 Clade Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
                                                                                                                                                   Clade Maniraptora Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                                     Clade Pennaraptora Foth et al. 2014
                                                                                                                                                       Clade Paraves Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]
                                                                                                                                                         Clade Avialae Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                                           Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                                                                                             Clade Pygostylia Chatterjee 1997 [Chiappe 2001]
                                                                                                                                                               Clade Ornithothoraces Chiappe 1995
                                                                                                                                                                 Clade Ornithuromorpha Chiappe 2001
                                                                                                                                                                   Clade Ornithurae Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier 1986] {Chiappe 1991}
                                                                                                                                                                     Clade Carinatae Merrem 1813 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001]
                                                                                                                                                                       [crown] Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
                                                                                                                                                                         Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
                                                                                                                                                                           Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
                                                                                                                                                                             Division Terrestrornithes B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
                                                                                                                                                                               Subdivision Dendrornithes Verheyen, 1961
                                                                                                                                                                                 Section Raptores Baird, 1858
                                                                                                                                                                                   Superorder Falconimorphae Seebohm, 1890
                                                                                                                                                                                     Order Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
                                                                                                                                                                                       Suborder Accipitres (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - hawks
                                                                                                                                                                                         Infraorder Falconides Sharpe, 1874
                                                                                                                                                                                           Superfamily Accipitroidea Vieillot, 1816 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                             Family Accipitridae Vieillot, 1816 - secretary bird, osprey, kites, hawks and eagles
                                                                                                                                                                                               Subfamily Accipitrinae Vieillot, 1816 - hawks, eagles
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Genus Accipiter Brisson, 1760
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Accipiter efficax Balouet & Olson, 1989
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Accipiter quartus Balouet & Olson, 1989
                                                                                                                                                                                                   01 Accipiter poliogaster (Temminck, 1824) - grey-bellied goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   02 Accipiter trivirgatus (Temminck, 1824) - crested goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   03 Accipiter griseiceps (Kaup, 1848) - Sulawesi goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   04 Accipiter toussenelii (Verreaux, Verreaux & Des Murs, 1855) - red-chested goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   05 Accipiter tachiro (Daudin, 1800) - African goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   06 Accipiter castanilius Bonaparte, 1853 - chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   07 Accipiter badius (Gmelin, 1788) - shikra
                                                                                                                                                                                                   08 Accipiter butleri (Gurney, 1898) - Nicobar sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   09 Accipiter brevipes (Severtsov, 1850) - levant sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   10 Accipiter soloensis (Horsfield, 1821) - Chinese goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   11 Accipiter francesii Smith, 1834 - Frances's goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   12 Accipiter trinotatus Bonaparte, 1850 - spot-tailed goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   13 Accipiter novaehollandiae (Gmelin, 1788) - grey goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   14 Accipiter fasciatus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) - brown goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   15 Accipiter melanochlamys (Salvadori, 1876) - black-mantled goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   16 Accipiter albogularis Gray, 1870 - pied goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   17 Accipiter haplochrous Sclater, 1859 - white-bellied goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   18 Accipiter rufitorques (Peale, 1848) - Fiji goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   19 Accipiter henicogrammus (Gray, 1861) - Moluccan goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   20 Accipiter luteoschistaceus Rothschild & Hartert, 1926 - slaty-mantled sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   21 Accipiter imitator Hartert, 1926 - imitator sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   22 Accipiter poliocephalus Gray, 1858 - grey-headed goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   23 Accipiter princeps Mayr, 1934 - New Britain goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   24 Accipiter superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1766) - tiny hawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   25 Accipiter collaris Sclater, 1860 - semicollared hawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   26 Accipiter erythropus (Hartlaub, 1855) - red-thighed sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   27 Accipiter minullus (Daudin, 1800) - little sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   28 Accipiter gularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) - Japanese sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   29 Accipiter virgatus (Temminck, 1822) - besra
                                                                                                                                                                                                   30 Accipiter nanus (Blasius, 1897) - small sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   31 Accipiter erythrauchen Gray, 1861 - rufous-necked sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   32 Accipiter cirrhocephalus (Vieillot, 1817) - collared sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   33 Accipiter brachyurus (Ramsay, 1880) - New Britain sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   34 Accipiter rhodogaster (Schlegel, 1862) - vinous-breasted sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   35 Accipiter madagascariensis Verreaux, 1833 - Madagascar sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   36 Accipiter ovampensis Gurney, 1875 - Ovampo sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   37 Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Eurasian sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   38 Accipiter rufiventris Smith, 1830 - rufous-chested sparrowhawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   39 Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808 - sharp-shinned hawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   40 Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) - Cooper's hawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   41 Accipiter gundlachi Lawrence, 1860 - Gundlach's hawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   42 Accipiter bicolor (Vieillot, 1817) - bicolored hawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   43 Accipiter melanoleucus Smith, 1830 - black goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   44 Accipiter henstii (Schlegel, 1873) - Henst's goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   45 Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758) - northern goshawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                   46 Accipiter meyerianus (Sharpe, 1878) - Meyer's goshawk

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