Martial Eagle

Martial Eagle / Polemaetus bellicosus

Martial Eagle

Here the details of the Martial Eagle named bird below:

SCI Name:  Polemaetus bellicosus
Protonym:  Falco bellicosus TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 2 p.38
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae /
Taxonomy Code:  mareag1
Type Locality:  Great Namaqualand, Cape Province.
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Publish Year:  1800
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DEFINITIONS

POLEMAETUS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Martial Eagle P. bellicosus) Gr. πολεμος polemos  battle, war; αετος aetos  eagle; "AIGLE GRIFFARD.  ...  Cet Aigle  ...  possède éminemment le courage, la force, et des serres redoutables.  ...  il poursuit sans exception tous les Rapaces" (Daudin 1800); "Genus Polemaëtus Heine 1885.   1. bellicosus (Daud.)" (Heine 1890); "Polemaëtus Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, p. 270. Type, by monotypy, Falco bellicosus Daudin." (Peters 1931, I, 251).
Synon. Eutolmaetus.

bellicosa / bellicosus
L. bellicosus  aggressive, martial  < bellicus  of war  < bellum, belli war.
● ex “Suirirí roxo obscuro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 189 (Hirundinea).
● ex “Griffard” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 1 (Polemaetus).