Editing Circaetinae (section)

==Taxonomy==
The subfamily Circaetinae was introduced in 1851 by the English zoologist [[Edward Blyth]] with ''[[Circaetus]]'' as the [[type genus]].<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Blyth | first=Edward | author-link=Edward Blyth | year=1851 | title=Conspectus of the ornithology of India, Burma, and the Malayan Peninsular, inclusiveof Sindh, Asám, Ceylon, and the Nicobar Islands | journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal | volume=19 | issue= | pages=317–342 [317, 327] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40129040 }}<!--uncertain about the date - volume has 1851 on title page but could have been published in 1850--></ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Bock | first=Walter J. | author-link=Walter Joseph Bock | year=1994 | title=History and Nomenclature of Avian Family-Group Names | series=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | volume=222 | publisher=American Museum of Natural History | location=New York | page=132 | hdl=2246/830 | url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/830 }}<!--Linked page allows download of the 48MB pdf--></ref>

The genus level [[cladogram]] of the Circaetinae shown below is based on a [[molecular phylogenetic]] study of the Accipitridae by Therese Catanach and collaborators that was published in 2024.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Catanach | first1=T.A. | last2=Halley | first2=M.R. | last3=Pirro | first3=S. | date=2024 | title=Enigmas no longer: using ultraconserved elements to place several unusual hawk taxa and address the non-monophyly of the genus ''Accipiter'' (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) | journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | pages=blae028 | doi=10.1093/biolinnean/blae028| url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2023/07/15/2023.07.13.548898.full.pdf }}</ref>
{{Clade | style=font-size:100%;line-height:100%
|label1='''Circaetinae'''
|1={{clade
   |1=''[[Spilornis]]'' – serpent eagles (6 species)
   |2={{clade
      |1=''[[Pithecophaga]]'' – Philippine eagle
      |2={{clade
         |1=''[[Terathopius]]'' – Bateleur
         |2=''[[Circaetus]]'' – snake eagles (7 species)
         }}
      }}
   }}
}}

The following taxonomy is based on the [[International Ornithologists' Union|International Ornithological Congress]].<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=February 2025 | title=Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors | work=IOC World Bird List Version 15.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/raptors/| publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=22 March 2025 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Image !! Genus   !! Living Species
|-
|[[File:Andaman Serpent Eagle Albin 1.jpg|175px]]
|'''''[[Spilornis]]''''' {{small|G.R. Gray, 1840}}
|
* [[Crested serpent eagle]], ''S. cheela''
* [[Great Nicobar serpent eagle]], ''S. klossi''
* [[Mountain serpent eagle]], ''S. kinabaluensis''
* [[Sulawesi serpent eagle]], ''S. rufipectus''
* [[Philippine serpent eagle]], ''S. holospilus''
* [[Andaman serpent eagle]], ''S. elgini''
|-
|[[File:Philippine eagle 2.jpg|175px]]
|'''''[[Pithecophaga]]''''' {{small|Ogilvie-Grant, 1896}}
|
* [[Philippine eagle]], ''P. jefferyi''
|-
|[[File:Brown snake eagle, Kruger National Park (38184851511).jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Circaetus]]''''' {{small|Vieillot, 1816}}||
* [[Congo serpent eagle]], ''C. spectabilis''
* [[Short-toed snake eagle]], ''C. gallicus''
* [[Beaudouin's snake eagle]], ''C. beaudouini''
* [[Black-chested snake eagle]], ''C. pectoralis''
* [[Brown snake eagle]], ''C. cinereus''
* [[Southern banded snake eagle]], ''C. fasciolatus''
* [[Western banded snake eagle]], ''C. cinerascens''
|-
|[[File:BateleurKNP.JPG|175px]]
|'''''[[Terathopius]]''''' {{small|Lesson, 1830}}
|
* [[Bateleur]], ''T. ecaudatus''
|-
|[[File:EutriorchisAsturKeulemans.jpg|175px]]||'''''[[Eutriorchis]]''''' {{small|Sharpe, 1875}}{{refn|group=note|''Eutriorchis'' is genetically related to ''Gypaetus'', and so might be classified with the Gypaetinae rather than Circaetinae. {{cite web|last1=Lerner|first1=Heather R. L.|last2=Mindell|first2=David P.|title=Accipitridae|url=http://tolweb.org/Accipitridae/26375/2006.05.09|website=The Tree of Life Web Project|date=9 May 2006}} }}||
* [[Madagascar serpent eagle]], ''E. astur''
|-
|}

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