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The Bird of Washington as it appeared on plate 11 of The Birds of America. The Bird of Washington, Washington Eagle, or Great Sea Eagle (Falco washingtonii, F. washingtoniensis, F. washingtonianus, or Haliaetus washingtoni) [1] was a putative species of sea eagle which was claimed in 1826 and published by John James Audubon in his famous work The Birds of America.
The white-bellied sea eagle was formally described by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788 under the binomial name Falco leucogaster. [3] Gmelin based his account on the "white-bellied eagle" that had been described in 1781 by John Latham from a specimen in the Leverian collection that had been obtained in February 1780 at Princes Island off the westernmost cape of Java during ...
The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), sometimes known as the 'sea eagle', [4] is a large bird of prey, widely distributed across temperate Eurasia.Like all eagles, it is a member of the family Accipitridae (or accipitrids) which also includes other diurnal raptors such as hawks, kites, and harriers.
Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus), also known as the Pacific sea eagle or white-shouldered eagle [citation needed], is a very large diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It was described first by Peter Simon Pallas in 1811.
A Steller’s sea eagle was spotted in Terra Nova National Park in Canada, thousands of miles from its home in Far East Asia. See it: Rare eagle among largest birds of prey in the world spotted ...
A sea eagle which went missing three weeks ago has returned home safely. Kali went missing from Huxley's Birds of Prey Centre in Horsham and was spotted in the local area multiple times, but ...
The Steller's sea eagle, which is originally from Asia, is believed to be lost and has been roaming North America since last year. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...
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]