Clanga (bird)
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. The type species is Falco maculatus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, a synonym of Aquila clanga 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 to the genus Ictinaetus which contains the black eagle.