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True Eagles
Aquila
Aquila is the genus of true eagles. The genus name is Latin for "eagle", possibly derived from aquilus, "dark in colour". It is often united with the buteos, sea eagles, and other more heavyset Accipitridae, but more recently they appear to be less distinct from the more slender accipitrine hawks than previously believed. Eagles are not a natural group, but denote essentially any bird of prey large enough to hunt sizeable (about 50 cm long or more...
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Golden Eagle
speciesAquila chrysaetos
Wedge-tailed Eagle
speciesAquila audax
Tawny Eagle
speciesAquila rapax
Imperial Eagle
speciesAquila heliaca
Steppe Eagle
speciesAquila nipalensis
Bonelli's Eagle
speciesAquila fasciata
Spanish Eagle
speciesAquila adalberti
Verreaux's Eagle
speciesAquila verreauxii
African Hawk-Eagle
speciesAquila spilogaster
Gurney's Eagle
speciesAquila gurneyi
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
speciesAquila africana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Selecta Fungorum Carpologia, Vol 1
Louis-René & Charles Tulasne · 1861 · p.375
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.377
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.267
François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)
François Bouchard · 1775 · p.12
Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.251
François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)
François Bouchard · 1775 · p.6
François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)
François Bouchard · 1775 · p.16
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5068.