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===Fossil record===
Two [[extinct]] species were named from the fossil record.<ref name="Avibase" /> ''Pandion homalopteron'' described by Stuart L. Warter in 1976 was found in marine [[Middle Miocene]] deposits of the [[Barstovian]] age in the southern part of [[California]]. The second species ''[[Pandion lovensis]]'' was described by [[Jonathan J. Becker]] in 1985 and found in [[Florida]]; it dates to the Late [[Clarendonian]] and possibly represents a separate lineage from that of ''P. homalopteron'' and ''P. haliaetus''. A number of claw fossils have been recovered from Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments in Florida and [[South Carolina]].{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

The oldest recognized family Pandionidae fossils were recovered from the Oligocene age [[Jebel Qatrani Formation]] in [[Faiyum Governorate]], [[Egypt]]. However, they are not complete enough to assign to a specific genus.<ref name="Olson1985" /> Another Pandionidae claw fossil was recovered from [[Early Oligocene]] deposits in the [[Mainz]] basin, Germany, and was described in 2006 by [[Gerald Mayr]].<ref name="Mayr2006" />