Clanga is a genus which contains the spotted eagles. The genus name is from Ancient Greek klangos, "eagle".
Taxonomy
The genus
Clanga was described in 1854 by the Polish naturalist Adam Ferdynand Adamowicz (1802-1881).
The
type species is
Falco maculatus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, a synonym of
Aquila clanga (the greater spotted eagle) that was described in 1811 by Peter Simon Pallas.
Falco maculatus J. F. Gmelin is preoccupied by
Falco maculatus Tunstall 1771 but under the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Falco maculatus is still considered to be the type species.
The genus name is from
Ancient Greek klangos meaning "eagle".
A molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae published in 2024 found that the genus Clanga was sister taxon to the genus Ictinaetus which contains the black eagle.
Species
The genus contains three species:
