After Sibley & Monroe, 1990, and Peterson, 2002-2004, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Circinae (suohaukat) `--o Circus Lacépède, 1799 (Marsh Harriers; suohaukat) |-- †C. eylesi |-- C. assimilis Jardine & Selby, 1828 (helmisuohaukka) |-- C. maurus (Temminck, 1828) (mustasuohaukka) |--o C. cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) (sinisuohaukka) | |-- C. c. cyaneus (Hen Harrier) | `-- C. c. hudsonius (American Harrier) |-- C. cinereus Vieillot, 1816 (raitasuohaukka) |-- C. macrourus (S.G. Gmelin, 1770) (arosuohaukka) |-- C. melanoleucos (Pennant, 1769) (huppusuohaukka) |-- C. pygargus (Linnaeus, 1758) (niittysuohaukka) |-- C. aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (ruskosuohaukka) |--o C. spilonotus Kaup, 1847 (siperiansuohaukka) | |-- C. s. spilonotus (spotted Marsh Harrier) | `-- C. s. spilothorax (Spot-backed Marsh Harrier) |-- C. approximans Peale, 1848 (australiansuohaukka; kahu) |-- C. ranivorus (Daudin, 1800) (afrikansuohaukka) |--o C. maillardi J. Verreaux, 1862 (madagaskarinsuohaukka) | |-- C. m. macrosceles (Madagascar Marsh Harrier) | `-- C. m. maillardi (Reunion Marsh Harrier) `-- C. buffoni (Gmelin, 1788) (pampasuohaukka)
Reference(s):
- Holdaway, R. N., Worthy, T. H. & Tennyson, A. J. D., 2001: A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact.
–New Zealand Journal of Zoology: Vol. 28, pp. 119-187 - Lerner, H. R. L. & Mindell, D. P., 2005: Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.
–Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: Vol. 37, #2, pp. 327-346 [doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.010] - Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1992: Otavan lintutieto.
–Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, pp. 1-440
Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
–Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990 - Peterson, A. P., 2002-2004: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data of Birds. (Updated: 2004-12-24)
–iNet: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data: http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html; [visited: 2005-01-21] - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B. L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.