Typical Eagles and Hawk-Eagles
Aquilinae
The Aquilinae are a subfamily of eagles of the family Accipitridae. The general common name used for members of this subfamily is "booted eagle", although this is also the common name of a member of the subfamily. At one point, this subfamily was considered inclusive with the Buteoninae (commonly known as buzzards or buteonine hawks) based probably on some shared morphological characteristics. However, research on the DNA of the booted eagles has shown that they are...
10 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 38 known species
True Eagles
genusAquila
Small Eagles
genusHieraaetus
Spotted Eagles
genusClanga
Asian Hawk-Eagles
genusNisaetus
Martial Eagles
genusPolemaetus
Neotropical Hawk-Eagles
genusSpizaetus
Ictinaetus
genusIctinaetus
Lophaetus
genusLophaetus
Crowned Eagles
genusStephanoaetus
Lophotriorchis
genusLophotriorchis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1541534.