Haliaeetus
Sign in to saveHaliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Icthyophaga.
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Haliaeetus is a genus containing four species of eagles that are closely related to another group of eagles called sea eagles. These eagles are notable for being large, powerful birds of prey that share evolutionary connections with similar predatory bird species.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
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Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Icthyophaga.
==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. The genus name is from Latin haliaetus or haliaetos meaning "sea-eagle" or "osprey".