Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 (golden eagle)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Alternative combinations: Aquila chrysaetus, Falco chrysaetos

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Aquila according to L. Carrera et al. 2018

See also Bedetti and Pavia 2007, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Clements et al. 2017, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Howard 1955, Howard 1963, Howard 1969, Miller and DeMay 1942, Mlikovsky 2002, Parmalee 1958, Salotti et al. 1997, Steadman and Mead 2010, Weesie 1988, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Aquila bivia, Aquila bullockensis, Aquila corroyi, Aquila dananus, Aquila delphinensis, Aquila fasciata, Aquila pennatoides, Aquila pliogryps, Aquila rapax, Aquila sodalis

Subtaxa: Aquila chrysaetos simurgh

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Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Egypt (2 collections), France (3), Greece (5), Italy (2), Jordan (1), Mexico (2), Monaco (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (20: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Pliocene of Hungary (1)

Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence

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