After Olson, 1985, Feduccia, 1980, 1996, Olson & Rasmussen, 2001, and Lerner & Mindell, 2005, with species from Sibley & Monroe, 1990, and Peterson, 2002-2004, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Gypaetinae Vieillot, 1816 (Feathered Old World vultures; höyhenikkäät korppikotkat) |?- †Palaeohierax gervaisii Milne-Edwards, 1871 |-- Gypohierax angolensis (Gmelin, 1788) Ruppell, 1836 (Palm-nut vulture; palmukorppikotka) `--+-- Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Storr, 1784 (Lammergeier, bearded vulture; partakorppikotka) `--+-- Eotriorchis astur (Sharpe, 1875) Sharpe, 1875 (Madagascar Serpent Eagle; madagaskarinkäärmehaukka) `--o Neophron Savigny, 1809 [Neophrontops Miller, L., 1916] (pikkukorppikotkat) |-- †N.? sp. [Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina] [Olson & Rasmussen, 2001] |-- †N. vetustus |-- †N. dakotensis |-- †N. slaughteri |-- †N. vallecitoensis |-- †N. ricardoensis |-- †N. americanus (Miller, 1916) (amerikanpikkukorppikotka) `-- N. percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Egyptian vulture; pikkukorppikotka)
Reference(s):
- Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196 - Feduccia, A., 1996: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, New Haven, 1996, x-420 - 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 - 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] - Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985. - Olson, S. L. & Rasmussen, P. D., 2001: Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina. 233-365
in Ray, C. E. & Bohaska, D. J., (eds.) 2001: Geology and paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: No. 90, iii-365 - 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.