Clanga (bird)

Clanga is a genus which contains the spotted eagles. The genus name is from Ancient Greek klangos, "eagle".[2]

Not to be confused with Douglas Spotted Eagle or Faith Spotted Eagle.

Clanga
Greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Aquilinae
Genus: Clanga
Adamowicz, 1854
Type species
Falco maculatus[1]
Gmelin, 1788

A molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae published in 2024 found that the genus Clanga was sister to the genus Ictinaetus which contains the black eagle.[3]

Species
Genus Clanga – Adamowicz, 1854 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Indian spotted eagle

Clanga hastata
(Lesson, 1834)		 Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Nepal.
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  VU 


2,500 - 9,999[4] Decrease

Lesser spotted eagle

Clanga pomarina
Brehm, 1831		 Central and Eastern Europe and southeastward to Turkey and Armenia, and Africa
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


40,000 - 60,000[5] Steady

Greater spotted eagle

Clanga clanga
((Pallas, 1811)		 northern Europe eastwards across Eurasia
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  VU 


3,300 - 8,800[6] Decrease

Notes

    References
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    1. "Accipitridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
    2. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
    3. Catanach, T.A.; Halley, M.R.; Pirro, S. (2024). "Enigmas no longer: using ultraconserved elements to place several unusual hawk taxa and address the non-monophyly of the genus Accipiter (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: blae028. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blae028.
    4. BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga hastata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
    5. BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga pomarina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
    6. BirdLife International (2013). "Clanga clanga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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