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
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 (17: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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