Lesser Fish-Eagle

SCI Name:  Haliaeetus humilis
Protonym:  Falco (Pandion) humilis Verh.Nat.Gesch.[Temminck](1845) (1845), Zool. Aves p.47 pl.6
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Haliaeetus
Taxonomy Code:  lefeag1
Type Locality:  Sumatra.
Author:  Müller & Schlegel
Publish Year:  1841
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

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.

humilis
L. humilis  lowly, small, humble, on the ground, of the plain  < humus, humi  ground.

SUBSPECIES

Lesser Fish-Eagle (plumbeus)
SCI Name: Haliaeetus humilis plumbeus
plumbeum / plumbeus
L. plumbeus  plumbeous, lead-coloured  < plumbum  lead.
● ex “Brown-fronted Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eupsittula pertinax).
● "95. TURDUS.  ...  plumbeus.  9. S. cærulescens, gula atra.  Turdus viscivorus plumbeus. Catesb. car. I. p. 30. t. 30.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Turdus).

Lesser Fish-Eagle (humilis)
SCI Name: Haliaeetus humilis humilis
humilis
L. humilis  lowly, small, humble, on the ground, of the plain  < humus, humi  ground.