WoRMS taxon details
Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809
AphiaID: 159373
AphiaID: 159373
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Falconiformes (Order) > Accipitridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Accipitridae | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) Species Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788) Species Haliaeetus vocifer (Daudin, 1800) | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: large to very large. Plumage: wings long and broad, tail short. Other details: bill large and strong; tarsus short and feathered at base with large transverse scutes in front and reticulate scales behind.; feet and toes powerful, talons long and sharp; soles with sharp spicules. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159373 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159373 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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