eagle

📅 Updated:2020-03-12

🕒 Created:2016-01-28

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Description

The eagle is any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly common in America, the widespread use of pesticides (DDT in particular), environmental pollution, and hunting left eagles mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations. Conservation measures have seen eagle populations rebounding for decades; one such species, the bald eagle, was removed from the U.S. federal government's list of endangered species in July of 1995.

Species

True eagles and relatives

Aquilinae
- Aquila (genus) - True eagles
  - african_hawk-eagle (A. spilogaster)
  - bonelli's_eagle (A. fasciata)
  - cassin's_hawk-eagle (A. africana)
  - eastern_imperial_eagle (A. heliaca)
  - golden_eagle (A. chrysaetos)
  - gurney's_eagle (A. gurneyi)
  - spanish_imperial_eagle (A. adalberti)
  - steppe_eagle (A. nipalensis)
  - tawny_eagle (A. rapax)
  - verreaux's_eagle (A. verreauxii)
  - wedge-tailed_eagle (A. audax)
- Hieraaetus (genus)
  - ayres's_hawk-eagle (H. ayresii) - Also known as Ayres' eagle.
  - booted_eagle (H. pennatus)
  - little_eagle (H. morphnoides)
  - pygmy_eagle (H. weiskei)
  - wahlberg's_eagle (H. wahlbergi)
- Nisaetus (genus, Incomplete) - Old World hawk-eagles
- Spizaetus (genus, Incomplete) - New World hawk-eagles
- spotted_eagle (Clanga)
  - greater_spotted_eagle (C. clanga)
  - indian_spotted_eagle (C. hastata)
  - lesser_spotted_eagle (C. pomarina)
- Other
  - black_eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis)
  - crowned_eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
  - long-crested_eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)
  - martial_eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
  - rufous-bellied_eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii) - Also known as the rufous-bellied hawk-eagle.

Harpy eagles

harpy_eagle (Harpiinae)
- american_harpy_eagle (Harpia harpyja)
- crested_eagle (Morphnus guianensis)
- papuan_harpy_eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) - Also known as the Papuan harpy eagle, New Guinea eagle, or Kapul eagle.
Other
- Buteogallus (genus)
  - chaco_eagle (B. coronatus)
  - solitary_eagle (B. solitarius)

Sea eagles

sea_eagle (Haliaeetinae)
- Haliaeetus (genus)
  - african_sea_eagle (H. vocifer)
  - bald_eagle (H. leucocephalus)
  - grey-headed_fish_eagle (H. ichthyaetus)
  - lesser_fish_eagle (H. humilis)
  - madagascan_sea_eagle (H. vociferoides)
  - pallas's_sea_eagle (H. leucoryphus)
  - sanford's_sea_eagle (H. sanfordi) - Also known as Sanford's fish eagle or Solomon eagle.
  - steller's_sea_eagle (H. pelagicus)
  - white-bellied_sea_eagle (H. leucogaster) - Also known as the white-breasted sea eagle.
  - white-tailed_eagle (H. albicilla)

Snake eagles

snake_eagle (Circaetinae)
- Circaetus (genus)
  - beaudouin's_snake_eagle (C. beaudouini)
  - black-chested_snake_eagle (C. pectoralis)
  - brown_snake_eagle (C. cinereus)
  - congo_serpent_eagle (C. spectabilis)
  - short-toed_snake_eagle (C. gallicus)
  - southern_banded_snake_eagle (C. fasciolatus)
  - western_banded_snake_eagle (C. cinerascens)
- Spilornis (genus)
  - andaman_serpent_eagle (S. elgini)
  - crested_serpent_eagle (S. cheela)
  - great_nicobar_serpent_eagle (S. klossi)
  - mountain_serpent_eagle (S. kinabaluensis)
  - philippine_serpent_eagle (S. holospilus)
  - sulawesi_serpent_eagle (S. rufipectus)
- Other
  - bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)
  - madagascan_serpent_eagle (Eutriorchis astur)
  - philippine_eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)

Other

black-chested_buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)

Taxon

Aquilinae
- Aquila (genus) - True eagles
  - african_hawk-eagle (A. spilogaster)
  - bonelli's_eagle (A. fasciata)
  - cassin's_hawk-eagle (A. africana)
  - eastern_imperial_eagle (A. heliaca)
  - golden_eagle (A. chrysaetos)
  - gurney's_eagle (A. gurneyi)
  - spanish_imperial_eagle (A. adalberti)
  - steppe_eagle (A. nipalensis)
  - tawny_eagle (A. rapax)
  - verreaux's_eagle (A. verreauxii)
  - wedge-tailed_eagle (A. audax)
- Hieraaetus (genus)
  - ayres's_hawk-eagle (H. ayresii) - Also known as Ayres' eagle.
  - booted_eagle (H. pennatus)
  - little_eagle (H. morphnoides)
  - pygmy_eagle (H. weiskei)
  - wahlberg's_eagle (H. wahlbergi)
- Ictinaetus (genus)
  - black_eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis)
- Lophaetus (genus)
  - long-crested_eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)
- Lophotriorchis (genus)
  - rufous-bellied_eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii) - Also known as the rufous-bellied hawk-eagle.
- Nisaetus (genus, Incomplete) - Old World hawk-eagles
- Polemaetus
  - martial_eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
- Spizaetus (genus, Incomplete) - New World hawk-eagles
- spotted_eagle (Clanga)
  - greater_spotted_eagle (C. clanga)
  - indian_spotted_eagle (C. hastata)
  - lesser_spotted_eagle (C. pomarina)
- Stephanoaetus
  - crowned_eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
harpy_eagle (Harpiinae)
- american_harpy_eagle (Harpia harpyja)
- crested_eagle (Morphnus guianensis)
- papuan_harpy_eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) - Also known as the Papuan harpy eagle, New Guinea eagle, or Kapul eagle.
sea_eagle (Haliaeetinae)
- Haliaeetus (genus)
  - african_sea_eagle (H. vocifer)
  - bald_eagle (H. leucocephalus)
  - grey-headed_fish_eagle (H. ichthyaetus)
  - lesser_fish_eagle (H. humilis)
  - madagascan_sea_eagle (H. vociferoides)
  - pallas's_sea_eagle (H. leucoryphus)
  - sanford's_sea_eagle (H. sanfordi) - Also known as Sanford's fish eagle or Solomon eagle.
  - steller's_sea_eagle (H. pelagicus)
  - white-bellied_sea_eagle (H. leucogaster) - Also known as the white-breasted sea eagle.
  - white-tailed_eagle (H. albicilla)
snake_eagle (Circaetinae)
- Circaetus (genus)
  - beaudouin's_snake_eagle (C. beaudouini)
  - black-chested_snake_eagle (C. pectoralis)
  - brown_snake_eagle (C. cinereus)
  - congo_serpent_eagle (C. spectabilis)
  - short-toed_snake_eagle (C. gallicus)
  - southern_banded_snake_eagle (C. fasciolatus)
  - western_banded_snake_eagle (C. cinerascens)
- Eutriorchis (genus)
  - madagascan_serpent_eagle (Eutriorchis astur)
- Pithecophaga (genus)
  - philippine_eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)
- Spilornis (genus)
  - andaman_serpent_eagle (S. elgini)
  - crested_serpent_eagle (S. cheela)
  - great_nicobar_serpent_eagle (S. klossi)
  - mountain_serpent_eagle (S. kinabaluensis)
  - philippine_serpent_eagle (S. holospilus)
  - sulawesi_serpent_eagle (S. rufipectus)
- Terathopius (genus)
  - bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)

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