Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Milvus migrans (Boddaert 1783)

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Milvus Lacepede 1799 [genus]
no synonyms present in the database for this taxon

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
migrans Boddaert 1783 [species]	Falco
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class	Aves
Subclass	Passerae
Superorder	Ciconiimorphae
Order	Falconiformes
Suborder	Accipitri
Superfamily	Accipitroidea
Family	Accipitridae
Genus	Milvus
Species	*migrans*

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Roselaar, Drs Cees	group coordinator
Roselaar, Drs Cees	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Milvus migrans (Boddaert 1783)

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