Verreaux's Eagle
Aquila verreauxiiLesson, RP, 1831
English (US) Verreaux's Eagle
The Verreaux's Eagle (Aquila verreauxii) 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: locally in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Arabian PeninsulaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aquila verreauxii
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Verreaux's Eagle
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Aquila Verreauxii
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1831
- Type locality
- Interior of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Original description
- Centurie zoologique, ou choix d'animaux rares, nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus (etc.) p.105 pl.38
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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