Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
Aquila africana(Cassin, J, 1865)
English (US) Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
The Cassin's Hawk-Eagle (Aquila africana) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: humid forest of western and central AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aquila africana
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1865)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Limnaetus africanus
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1865)
- Type locality
- Ogabi River, Gaboon.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17 p.4
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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