Steller's Sea Eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus(Pallas, PS, 1811)
English (US) Steller's Sea Eagle
The Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) 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: breeds coastal eastern Siberia; winters to China, Korea, and Japan including Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Haliaeetus pelagicus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Steller's Sea Eagle
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Aquila pelagica
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
- Type locality
- Islands between Kamchatka and America.
- Original description
- Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 1 p.343 pl.
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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