Haliaeetus
Genus of eagles
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Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Icthyophaga.
| Haliaeetus | |
|---|---|
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| Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Buteoninae |
| Genus: | Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809 |
| Type species | |
| Haliaeetus nisis Savigny, 1809 = Falco albicilla Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Haliaeetus was introduced in 1809 by the French zoologist Marie Jules César Savigny to accommodate a single species, the "L'aigle de mer" with the binomial name Haliaeetus nisus. This is the type species. Savigny's binomial name is now regarded as a junior synonym of Falco albicilla (the white-tailed eagle) that had been described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.[1][2] The genus name is from Latin haliaetus or haliaetos meaning "sea-eagle" or "osprey".[3]
This genus includes the following four species:[4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald eagle
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) Two subspecies
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Most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Pallas's fish eagle
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Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas, 1771) |
Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
EN
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| White-tailed eagle
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Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Two subspecies
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Greenland and Iceland across Europe and Asia to as far east as Hokkaido, Japan |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Steller's sea eagle
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Haliaeetus pelagicus (Pallas, 1811) |
Russia, Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
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