Crowned Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Here the details of the Crowned Eagle named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Falco coronatus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.124
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Stephanoaetus
Taxonomy Code: crheag1
Type Locality: coast of Guinea.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
STEPHANOAETUS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Crowned Eagle S. coronatus) Gr. στεφανος stephanos crown < στεφανοω stephanoō to crown; αετος aetos eagle; "Stephanoaëtus, gen. nov. Bill stout and strong, with a sharp hook; wings comparatively short and rounded, not reaching more than halfway down the tail in the skin, the primaries hardly exceeding the secondaries by more than 50 mm.; the fourth, fifth, and sixth the longest; tail exceedingly long, about three-quarters the length of the wing, the outer feathers slightly shorter than the central ones; tarsus stout and rather short, clothed with feathers thoughout to the middle of the basal joint of the phalanges; claws, especially that of the hind toe, exceedingly large and strong. Type. Falco coronatus Linnæus." (W. Sclater 1922).
Var. Stepahnoaetus.
coronatum / coronatus
L. coronatus crowned < coronare to crown < corona crown.
● ex “Perroquet Dufresne” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Amazona dufresniana).
● ex “Calao des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 873, “Calao de Malabar” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Pied Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (Anthracoceros).
● ex “Aguila coronada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 7 (Harpyhaliaetus).
● ex “Tyran huppé de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 289 (Onychorhynchus).
● ex “Merle de Bengale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 258 (syn. Pitta brachyura).
● ex “Gobe-mouche rouge huppé” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 675, fig. 2, “Rubin de la rivière des Amazones” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Round-crested Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pyrocephalus rubinus).
● ex “Crowned Eagle” of Edwards 1758 (Stephanoaetus).
● ex “Tordo de bosque coronado y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 77 (Tachyphonus).
● ex "Pluvier du cap de Bonne-Espérance" of d'Aubenton 176501781, pl. 800, "Pluvier couronné" of de Buffon 1770-1785, and "Wreathed Plover" of Latham 1785 (Vanellus).
● ex “Pepoazá coronada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 202 (Xolmis).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)