| Henicopernis | |
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| Long-tailed Honey Buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Perninae |
| Genus: | Henicopernis G.R. Gray, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Falco longicauda[1] Lesson & Garnot, 1828 | |
Henicopernis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
It contains the following species:[2]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Black honey buzzard | Henicopernis infuscatus | the Bismarck archipelago in Papua New Guinea. | |
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Long-tailed honey buzzard | Henicopernis longicauda | New Guinea |
Both species are endemic to New Guinea. Genetic research has found that they are closely related to the Australian endemic square-tailed kite (Lophoictinia isura) and black-breasted buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon), all sharing a 3-base-pair deletion in the RAG-1 gene. The four species form a monophyletic clade sister to Aviceda within the subfamily Perninae. It has been proposed that they could be united into a single genus, Hamirostra having precedence.[3]
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