Family:Cathartidae
Description
New World vultures and condors.
Taxonomy
Cathartidae is a family in the order Accipitriformes (formerly included in Falconiformes). Some authorities place it in its own order, Cathartiformes, after it was misplaced in the order Ciconiiformes for some time.
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References
SACC proposal to remove Cathartidae from Ciconiiformes summarizing the evidence for and against.
Subcategories
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
