African Fish-Eagle / Haliaeetus vocifer
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African Fish-Eagle
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Protonym: Falco vocifer TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 2 p.65
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Haliaeetus
Taxonomy Code: affeag1
Type Locality: Keurboom River, Cape Province.
Author: Daudin
Publish Year: 1800
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HALIAEETUS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ White-tailed Eagle H. albicilla) L. haliaetus or haliaetos sea-eagle, osprey < Gr. ἁλιαιετος haliaietos sea-eagle, osprey < ἁλι- hali- sea- < ἁλς hals, ἁλος halos sea; αετος aetos eagle; "6. HALIÆETUS. Bec assez droit à la base; cire convexe; narines lunulées, transverses; tarses épais, écailleux: ongles intérieur et postérieur grands. ... GENRE VI, HALIÆETUS. ... ESPÈCE. 9. HALIÆETUS Nisus. L'Aigle de mer." (de Savigny 1809): based on Aλιαιετος, Nisus, and Haliæetos of ancient authors, "Pygargus" and "Albicilla" of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, and Vultur Albicilla Linnaeus, 1766; "Haliæetus Savigny, Descr. Égypte, Ois., 1809, p. 68, 85. Type, by monotypy, Haliæetus nisus Savigny = Falco albicilla Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 257).
Var. Haliaeatus, Haliaetos, Haliaetus, Haliacetus, Halaeetus, Halioetus, Halyaetus, Heliaeetus.
Synon. Blagrus, Cuncuma, Ossifraga, Pontoaetus, Thalasoaetus.
vocifer
L. vociferari to cry aloud < vox, vocis voice, cry, sound; -fera carrying < ferre to bear.
● ex “Vocifer” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 4 (Haliaeetus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
