The genus
Clanga was described in 1854 by the Polish naturalist Adam Ferdynand Adamowicz (1802-1881). The
type species is
Falco maculatus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, a synonym of
Aquila clanga (the
greater spotted eagle) that was described in 1811 by
Peter Simon Pallas.
Falco maculatus J. F. Gmelin is
preoccupied by
Falco maculatus Tunstall 1771 but under the rules of the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Falco maculatus is still considered to be the type species. The genus name is from
Ancient Greek klangos meaning "eagle". A
molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae published in 2024 found that the genus
Clanga was
sister to the genus
Ictinaetus which contains the
black eagle. ==Species==