Harpaginae

{{Short description|Subfamily of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Rufous-thighed Kite (Harpagus diodon).jpg

| image_caption = Rufous-thighed kite (Harpagus diodon)

| taxon = Harpaginae

| authority = Bonaparte, 1854

}}

Harpaginae is a subfamily of the bird of prey family Accipitridae. The species are found in Central and South America.

The subfamily was introduced (as Harpageae) by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with Harpagus Vigors, 1824 as the type genus.{{ cite journal | last=Bonaparte | first=Charles Lucien | author-link=Charles Lucien Bonaparte | year=1854 | title=Conspectus systematis ornithologiae | language=French | journal=Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie | series=4th series | volume=1 | pages=105-152 [111] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13470563 }}{{cite book | last=Bock | first=Walter J. | author-link=Walter Joseph Bock | year=1994 | title=History and Nomenclature of Avian Family-Group Names | series=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | volume=222 | publisher=American Museum of Natural History | location=New York | pages=132, 229 | url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/830 }}

The genera Microspizias and Harpagus have in the past been placed in a subfamily Milvinae but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that such a grouping is polyphyletic for Buteoninae.{{Cite book | last1=Mindell | first1=D. | last2=Fuchs | first2=J. | last3=Johnson | first3=J. | date=2018 | chapter=Phylogeny, taxonomy, and geographic diversity of diurnal raptors: Falconiformes, Accipitriformes, and Cathartiformes | editor1-last=Sarasola | editor1-first=J.H. | editor2-last=Grange | editor2-first=J.M. | editor3-last=Negro | editor3-first=J.J. | title=Birds of Prey: Biology and conservation in the XXI century | location=Cham, Switzerland | publisher=Springer | isbn=978-3-319-73744-7 | pages=3-32 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326086278 }}{{Cite journal | last1=Catanach | first1=T.A. | last2=Halley | first2=M.R. | last3=Pirro | first3=S. | date=2024 | title=Enigmas no longer: using ultraconserved elements to place several unusual hawk taxa and address the non-monophyly of the genus Accipiter (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) | journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | pages=blae028 | doi=10.1093/biolinnean/blae028| url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2023/07/15/2023.07.13.548898.full.pdf }}