Cathartes

**Cathartes**
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Common name
	العربية: قمام; مصرى: قمام; Kotava: Jampa; فارسی: پاکیزه‌گرها; עברית: קתרטס; lietuvių: Kalakutiniai grifai; latviešu: Katartas; русский: Грифы-индейки; українська: Катарта; 中文: 美洲鷲屬; 中文（简体）: 美洲鹫属; 中文（繁體）: 美洲鷲屬;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Superphylum	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Sarcopterygii
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Cathartidae
Genus	Cathartes
Taxon author	Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, 1811
Authority file
	Q859043; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007284851405171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 33611; ITIS TSN: 175264; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 45511375; Fossilworks taxon ID: 137175; GBIF taxon ID: 2481927; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 159143; EPPO Code: 1KTHSG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 4755; NBN System Key: NHMSYS0020930061; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 4428; ADW taxon ID: Cathartes; uBio ID: 1412; IRMNG ID: 1278716
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Accipitriformes • Familia: Cathartidae • Genus: Cathartes Illiger, 1811