WoRMS taxon details
Aviceda
AphiaID: 206721
AphiaID: 206721
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Falconiformes (Order) > Accipitridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Accipitridae | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Aviceda cuculoides Swainson, 1837 | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: small to medium. Plumage: crest on head; adult plumage barred below, immature streaked; wings long and pointed. Other details: upper mandible with 2 "teeth"; nostril slit-shaped; short stout legs with tarsus shorter than middle toe and partly feathered. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206721 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Aviceda. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206721 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||
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