Crested Eagle
Morphnus guianensis(Daudin, FM, 1800)
English (US) Crested Eagle
The Crested Eagle (Morphnus guianensis) 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: forest of eastern Guatemala to northeastern Argentina and southern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Morphnus guianensis
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Crested Eagle
- Described by
- (Daudin, FM, 1800)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco guianensis
- Described by
- (Daudin, FM, 1800)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Traité élémentaire et complet d'ornithologie 2 p.78
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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