Haliaeetus
| Haliaeetus | |
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| Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Buteoninae |
| Genus: | Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809 |
| Type species | |
| Haliaeetus nisis Savigny, 1809 = Falco albicilla Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Ichthyophaga.
Taxonomy
The genus Haliaeetus was introduced in 1809 by the French zoologist Marie Jules César Savigny to accommodate a single species, the "L'aigle de mer" with the binomial name Haliaeetus nisus. This is the type species. Savigny's binomial name is now regarded as a junior synonym of Falco albicilla (the white-tailed eagle) that had been described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.[1][2] The genus name is from Latin haliaetus or haliaetos meaning "sea-eagle" or "osprey".[3]
This genus includes the following four species:[4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Bald eagle
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) Two subspecies
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Most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Pallas's fish eagle
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Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771) |
Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
EN
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| White-tailed eagle
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Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Two subspecies
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Greenland and Iceland across Europe and Asia to as far east as Hokkaido, Japan
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Steller's sea eagle
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Haliaeetus pelagicus (Pallas, 1811) |
Russia, Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
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References
- ^ Savigny, Marie Jules César (1809). Description de l'Égypte: Histoire naturelle (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Imprimerie impériale. pp. 68, 85.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 299.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Haliaeetus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
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