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Small Eagles
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Small Eagles

Hieraaetus

The genus Hieraaetus, sometimes known as hawk-eagles, denotes a group of smallish eagles usually placed in the Buteoninae or Aquilinae subfamilies of accipitrids.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Booted Eagle

speciesHieraaetus pennatus

Wahlberg's Eagle

speciesHieraaetus wahlbergi

Little Eagle

speciesHieraaetus morphnoides

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

speciesHieraaetus ayresii

Pygmy Eagle

speciesHieraaetus weiskei

Haast's Eagle

speciesHieraaetus moorei

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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 5148.