Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Zeearend
Common Names in English:
White-Tailed Eagle, Gray Sea Eagle, Gray Sea-Eagle, Greenland White-Tailed Eagle, Grey Sea Eagle, White-Tailed Sea Eagle, White-Tailed Sea-Eagle
Common Names in French:
Pygargue à Queue Blanche, Pygargue Commun
Common Names in German:
Seeadler
Common Names in Hebrew:
עיטם לבן-זנב
Common Names in Italian:
Aquila Di Mare
Common Names in Japanese:
オジロワシ
Common Names in Russian:
Orlan-Belokhvost, Орлан-белохвост
Common Names in Spanish:
Pigargo, Pigargo Coliblanco, Pigargo Coliblanco De Groenlandia, Pigargo Europeo
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
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)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
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)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
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)
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
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)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
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)
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
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)
- 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
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)
- Vieillot, 1816
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
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)
- Genus:
Haliaeetus
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)
- Savigny, 1809
- Specific name:
albicilla
- Subspecies:
albicilla
- Scientific name: - Haliaeetus albicilla albicilla (Linnaeus) 1758 (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.89
- Subspecies:
albicilla
- Specific name:
albicilla
- Genus:
Haliaeetus
(
- 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
Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Haliaeetus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. albicilla (Greenland White-Tailed Eagle) · H. albicilla albicilla (White-Tailed Eagle) · H. albicilla groenlandicus (Greenland White-Tailed Eagle) · H. leucocephalus (White-Headed Sea Eagle) · H. leucocephalus alascanus (Bald Eagle) · H. leucocephalus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) · H. leucogaster (White-Bellied Fish-Eagle) · H. leucoryphus (Band-Tailed Fish-Eagle) · H. pelagicus (Steller's Sea-Eagle) · H. pelagicus pelagicus (Steller's Sea Eagle) · H. sanfordi (Solomon Islands Sea-Eagle) · H. vocifer (African Fish Eagle) · H. vociferoides (Madagascar Fish Eagle) · H. vocifer vocifer (African Fish Eagle)
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Further Reading
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr and Boardman Conover. 13 1949 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1949. url p. 217.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2764432
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-202238
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13889998
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 202238
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 412441
