Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Wigstaartarend
Common Names in English:
Wedge-Tailed Eagle
Common Names in French:
Aigle D'australie
Common Names in German:
Keilschwanzadler
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
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)
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
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)
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
(
)
- Seebohm, 1890
- Order:
Falconiformes
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)
- Sharpe, 1874
- Suborder:
Accipitres
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)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Infraorder:
Falconides
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)
- Sharpe, 1874
- Parvorder:
Accipitrida
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)
- Superfamily:
Accipitroidea
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)
- Vieillot, 1816
- Family:
Accipitridae
(
)
- Vieillot, 1816
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
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)
- Genus:
Aquila
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)
- Brisson, 1760
- Specific name:
audax
- Subspecies:
audax
- Scientific name: - Aquila audax audax (Latham) 1802 (Latham) 1802 Suppl.ind.orn. p.ii
- Subspecies:
audax
- Specific name:
audax
- Genus:
Aquila
(
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
(
- Family:
Accipitridae
(
- Superfamily:
Accipitroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Accipitrida
(
- Infraorder:
Falconides
(
- Suborder:
Accipitres
(
- Order:
Falconiformes
(
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Aquila audax (Latham) 1802
Similar Species
Members of the genus Aquila
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. adalberti (Spanish Imperial Eagle) · A. africanus (Cassin's Hawk Eagle) · A. audax (Wedge-Tailed Eagle) · A. audax audax (Wedge-Tailed Eagle) · A. chrysaetos (White-Tailed Eagle) · A. chrysaetos canadensis (Golden Eagle) · A. chrysaetos chrysaetos (Golden Eagle) · A. clanga (Greater Spotted Eagle) · A. fasciatus (Bonelli's Eagle) · A. gurneyi (Gurney's Eagle) · A. hastata (Indian Spotted Eagle) · A. heliaca (Eastern Imperial Eagle) · A. heliaca adalberti (Spanish Imperial Eagle) · A. heliaca heliaca (Eastern Imperial Eagle) · A. nipalensis (Steppe Eagle) · A. nipalensis nipalensis (Steppe Eagle) · A. pennata (Scaleless Dragonfish) · A. pomarina (Lesser Spotted Eagle) · A. pomarina pomarina (Lesser Spotted Eagle) · A. rapax (African Tawny-Eagle) · A. rapax rapax (African Tawny-Eagle) · A. verreauxii (Verreauxs Eagle) · A. wahlbergi (Wahlberg's Eagle)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1693165
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1030550
