Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentarius(Miller, JF, 1779)
English (US) Secretarybird
The Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) 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 Sagittariidae (Secretarybird) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: savanna and grassland of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sagittarius serpentarius
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Secretarybird
- Described by
- (Miller, JF, 1779)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco serpentarius
- Described by
- (Miller, JF, 1779)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope.
- Original description
- Icones Animalium: Various subjects of natural history, wherein are delineated birds, animals and many curious plants, with the parts of fructification of each plant, all of which are drawn and coloured from nature pt5 pl.28
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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