Biology:Henicopernis
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Henicopernis | |
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| File:Pernis longicauda - 1825-1839 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - (cropped).tif | |
| Long-tailed Honey Buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Perninae |
| Genus: | Henicopernis G.R. Gray, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Falco longicauda[1] Lesson & Garnot, 1828
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Henicopernis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Species
It contains the following species:[2]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Black honey buzzard | Henicopernis infuscatus | the Bismarck archipelago in Papua New Guinea. | |
| File:Pernis longicauda - 1825-1839 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - (cropped).tif | Long-tailed honey buzzard | Henicopernis longicauda | New Guinea |
Both species are endemic to New Guinea. Genetic research has found that they are closely related to the Australian endemic square-tailed kite (Lophoictinia isura) and black-breasted buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon), all sharing a 3-base-pair deletion in the RAG-1 gene. The four species form a monophyletic clade sister to Aviceda within the subfamily Perninae. It has been proposed that they could be united into a single genus, Hamirostra having precedence.[3]
References
- ↑ "Accipitridae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=36.
- ↑ "ITIS Report: Henicopernis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=175450. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ↑ Barrowclough, George F.; Groth, Jeff G.; Lai, Jonas E.; Tsang, Susan M. (March 2014). "The Phylogenetic Relationships of the Endemic Genera of Australo-Papuan Hawks". Journal of Raptor Research 48 (1): 36–43. doi:10.3356/JRR-13-33.1. (open access)
Wikidata ☰ Q303542 entry
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