After Lerner & Mindell, 2005, with species from Sibley & Monroe, 1990, and Peterson, 2002-2004, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Haliaeetinae (Sea and Fish eagles; meri- ja kalakotkat)
|?- †Accipitridae genera et species indet. aff. Haliaeetus [Egypt]
`==o Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809 (merikotkat)
|--+-- H. leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771) (aromerikotka)
| |-- H. pelagicus (Pallas, 1811) (kuningasmerikotka)
| `--+-- H. albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (White-tailed Eagle; merikotka)
| |?- †H. sp (Havaiian Sea eagle; havaijinmerikotka)
| `-- H. leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) (bald eagle; valkopäämerikotka)
`--+--+-- H. leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788) (valkomerikotka)
| `-- H. sanfordi Mayr, 1935 (ruskomerikotka)
`--+--+-- H. vocifer (Daudin, 1800) (kiljumerikotka)
| `-- H. vociferoides Des Murs, 1845 (madagaskarinmerikotka)
`--o Ichthyophaga Lesson, 1843 (kalakotkat)
|-- I. humilis (S. Muller & Schlegel, 1841) (pikkukalakotka)
`-- I. ichthyaetus (Horsfield, 1821) (isokalakotka)
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 - Griffiths, C. S., Barrowclough, G. F., Groth, J. G. & Mertz, L. A., 2007: Phylogeny, diversity, and classification of the Accipitridae based on DNA sequences of the RAG-1 exon.
–Journal of Avian Biology: Vol. 38, #5, pp. 587-602 [doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03971.x] - Lerner, H. R. L., Klaver, M. C. & Mindell, D. P., 2008: Molecular phylogenetics of the buteonine birds of prey (Accipitridae)
[Filogenética Molecular de las Aves de Presa Buteoninas (Accipitridae)].
–The Auk: Vol. 125, #2, pp. 304-315 [doi: 10.1525/auk.2008.06161] - 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 - 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. - 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.