Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a family of raptor with one living species—the secretarybird native to Africa.
German naturalists Otto Finsch and Gustav Hartlaub established the taxon name as a subfamily—Sagittariinae—in 1870. Although their term postdated Gypogeranidae of Vigors and Serpentariidae of Selys Longchamps, the genus name Sagittarius had priority over Gypogeranus Illiger, 1811 and Serpentarius Cuvier, 1798.
A genus Pelargopappus is known from Miocene deposits in France. The genus Amanuensis is known from Miocene deposits in Africa.
