Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Bruinarend
Common Names in Dutch:
Wahlbergs arend
Common Names in English:
Wahlberg's Eagle
Common Names in French:
Aigle de Wahlberg
Common Names in German:
Silberadler
Common Names in Japanese:
ヒメイヌワシ
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,093 meters (0 to 16,709 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 4 Grassland
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- 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
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Falconimorphae
()
- Seebohm, 1890
- Order:
Falconiformes
()
- Sharpe, 1874
- Suborder:
Accipitres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Infraorder:
Falconides
()
- Sharpe, 1874
- Parvorder:
Accipitrida
()
- Superfamily:
Accipitroidea
()
- Vieillot, 1816
- Family:
Accipitridae
()
- Vieillot, 1816
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
()
- Genus:
Aquila
()
- Brisson, 1760
- Specific name:
wahlbergi
- Sundevall 1850
- Scientific name: - Aquila wahlbergi Sundevall, 1851 Sundevall 1850
- Specific name:
wahlbergi
- Sundevall 1850
- 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 wahlbergi Sundevall, 1851
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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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)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A naturalist in the Transvaal / by W.L. Distant. London: R.H. Porter, 1892. url p. 163, p. 165.
- A naturalist in the Transvaal. By W.L. Distant. .. London, R.H. Porter, 1892. url p. 163.
- Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc., South African Museum, etc.] url p. 345.
- Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 387.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 452.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1950-1977. url p. 147, p. 149, p. 172, p. 202, p. 208.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 79 1936 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 131, p. 147, p. 398, p. 41, p. 77.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 245.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 253, p. 256, p. 380.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 238, p. 95, p. 96.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 238, p. 56, p. 57, p. 65.
- Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 22.
- IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 1012, p. 888, p. 979.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 111, p. 114, p. 176, p. 203, p. 238, p. 276, p. 40, p. 424, p. 485, p. 495, p. 513, p. 573, p. 608, p. 8.
- Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society: official publication of the Coryndon Memorial Museum (Museum Trustees of Kenya). Nairobi, Kenya: The Museum, 1942-[1960] url p. 4.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 20.
- Savage Sudan; its wild tribes, big-game and bird-life, by Abel Chapman. .. With 248 illustrations, chiefly from rough sketches by the author. London [etc.]: Gurney and Jackson, 1921. url p. 327.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 284.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 418.
- The Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union. Pretoria. url p. 29, p. 97.
- The birds of South Africa, London, R. H. Porter, 1900-1906. url , .
- The birds of South Africa, by Arthur C. Stark. .. London: R. H. Porter, 1900-1906. url p. 296, p. 296.
- The natural history of South Africa. by F.W. Fitzsimons. London, New York [etc.]Longmans, Green and co., 1923. url p. 276.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 32, p. 32.
- Zambezia: a general description of the valley of the Zambezi River, from its delta to the River Aroangwa, with its history, agriculture, flora, fauna, and ethnography / London: J. Murray, 1910. url .
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Aquila wahlbergi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. and lt;www.iucnredlist.org and gt;. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2009. Aquila wahlbergi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:
- BeBIF Provider: Royal Museum of Central Africa - Albertian Rift Birds (ENBI wp13)
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8649
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175417
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175417
- IUCN ID: 192278
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 134103
Footnotes
- Mean = 668.320 meters (2,192.651 feet), Standard Deviation = 893.270 based on 104,743 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
