Harpy Eagle

SCI Name:  Harpia harpyja
Protonym:  Vultur Harpyja Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.86
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Harpia
Taxonomy Code:  hareag1
Type Locality:  Mexico.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

HARPIA
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Harpy Eagle H. harpyja) Specific name Vultur harpyja Linnaeus, 1758; the Harpy Eagle is a large, powerful raptor that preys mainly on sloths and monkeys; “19. HARPIE, Harpia.  Vultur, Linn. Lath.  Falco, Gm.  Bec grand, presque droit à la base, convexe en dessus. — Narines rondes. — Tarses alongés, très-épais, vêtus en devant près du genou. — Doigts extérieurs unis à l'origine par une membrane. — Ongles longs, très-aigus.   Esp. Aigle destructeur, Sonn. édit. de Buffon." (Vieillot 1816); "Harpia Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 24. Type, by monotypy, "Aigle destructeur" = Vultur harpyja Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 246).    
Synon. Anopaia, Harpyia, Nothrophontes, Thrasaetos.

harpyja
L. harpe bird of prey, perhaps the Lammergeier < Gr. ἁρπη harpē bird of prey, probably only fabulous (cf. Ἁρπυιαι Harpuiai Harpies, mythical rapacious monsters and despoilers, half vulture and half woman); "40. VULTUR.  ...  Harpyja.  2. V. occipite subcristato.  Yzquauhtli. Hern. mex. pp. 34.  Aquilæ cristatæ genus. Raj. av. 161.  Habitat in Mexico.  Magnitudo arietis. Collum, Dorsum, Cauda, Crista surrecta nigra; Subtus nigro candidoque fulvo mixta. Homines etiam adoritur. Hernand.   Cfr. Aquila mexicana coronata. Rostrum Vulturis. Oculi membrana nictitante. Sub ingluvie pennæ albæ, quas iratus dimittit usque ad pedum digitos. Alæ Caudaque subtus albo nigroque punctatæ colore Tigridis. Erectus confidet. Pennas occipitis sæpius erigit in formam coronæ. Fertur unico ictu cranium hominis iratus findere. Visus Madriti in Vivario Regio a Z. Hallman." (Linnaeus 1758). This epithet is the second name and autochthonym in avian nomenclature (Harpia).