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Spizaetus
Sign in to saveSpizaetus is the typical hawk-eagle birds of prey genus found in the tropics of the Americas. It was however used to indicate a group of tropical eagles that included species occurring in southern and southeastern Asia and one representative of this genus in the rainforests of West Africa. The Old World species have been separated into the genus Nisaetus. Several species have a prominent head crest. These are medium to large-sized raptors, most being between long, and tend to be long-tailed and slender.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 141
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Collections
- USNM, UF, CLO, NHMUK, UNICAMP
- Recorded in
- United States, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Accipitridae
- Image
- Black Hawk-Eagle.jpg
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- Spizaetus
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- Spizaetus
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- Category:Spizaetus
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Spizaetus is the typical hawk-eagle birds of prey genus found in the tropics of the Americas. It was however used to indicate a group of tropical eagles that included species occurring in southern and southeastern Asia and one representative of this genus in the rainforests of West Africa. The Old World species have been separated into the genus Nisaetus. Several species have a prominent head crest. These are medium to large-sized raptors, most being between long, and tend to be long-tailed and slender.
The American Ornithologists' Union merges Spizastur into Spizaetus since 2007.
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