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Secretarybird
The Sagittariidae family is represented today by a single species, the secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) found in Africa, which is a type of raptor. This species' existence extends the family's known time range up to the current day, an effect known as the Pull of the recent. The name Sagittariidae was first introduced as a subfamily, Sagittariinae, in 1870 by German naturalists Otto Finsch and Gustav Hartlaub, taking precedence over other names due to the earlier description of the genus Sagittarius in 1783. Fossils from two extinct genera, Pelargopappus from Miocene deposits in France and Amanuensis from the same period in Africa, provide evidence of the family's former diversity.
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Sagittarius serpentarius
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