New Guinea Eagle

SCI Name:  Harpyopsis novaeguineae
Protonym:  Harpyopsis novae guineae Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 7 p.682
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Harpyopsis
Taxonomy Code:  negeag1
Type Locality:  Andai, Arfak Peninsula.
Author:  Salvadori
Publish Year:  1875
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

HARPYOPSIS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Papuan Eagle H. novaeguineae) Genus Harpia Vieillot, 1816, harpy eagle; Gr. οψις opsis  appearance; the Papuan Eagle was formerly known as the New Guinea Harpy Eagle; "Gen. nov. Harpyopsis, mihi.  Genus novum ex subfamilia Accipitrinarum, rostro robustissimo, valde alto et adunco; naribus oblongis, verticalibus; loris et regione circumoculari fere nudis, rare pilosis; alis brevissimis, valde rotundatis, remigibus primariis paulo longioribus quam secundariis; cauda longissima, rotundata; tarsis mediocribus, robustis, scutis latis transversis antice et postice obtectis, tertio superiore antice plumosis; digitis mediocribus, externo paulo longiore quam interno, medio longiusculo, unguibus permagnis, validissimis, inferne sulcatis; plumis cervicis copiosis, longiusculis, latis, apice rotundatis.   Harpyopsis novae guineae, mihi.   ...  Il nuovo genere Harpyopsis è affine al genere Thrasaetus dell' America meridionale." (Salvadori 1875); "Harpyopsis Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 7, 1875, p. 682. Type, by monotypy, Harpyopsis novaeguineae Salvadori." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 247). 

novaeguinae / novaeguineae / novaeguineensis
L. novus  new; Mod. L. Guineensis  Guinean  < Guinea  Guinea, West Africa; i.e. New Guinea (first named Nueva Guinea in 1545 by the Spanish explorer Ortíz de Retes, because aborigines in the Mamberano region reminded him of those he had encountered earlier in African Guinea).
● ex “Lori noir de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Black Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Chalcopsitta atra).
● ex “Choucas de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 269, and “New-Guinea Crow” of Latham 1781 (syn. Coracina striata).
● Erroneous TL. New Guinea (= New South Wales); ex “Grand Martin-pêcheur de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1766, “who had received the specimen from Cook’s botanist, Joseph Banks, at Cape Town. Sonnerat had never travelled to either New Guinea or Australia” (Robin 2001) (Dacelo).
● ex “Crabier de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 926, “Crabier noir” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “New Guinea Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Egretta sacra).
● ex “Caille de la nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776, and “New Guinea Quail” of Latham 1783 (unident.).