Stephanoaetus

Stephanoaetus
Temporal range: Holocene
Crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Aquilinae
Genus: Stephanoaetus
W.L. Sclater, 1922
Type species
Falco coronatus[1]
Linnaeus, 1766
Species

Stephanoaetus is a genus of very large birds of prey from Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Only one of the two known species is extant.

Species

References

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  1. ^ "Tinamidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  2. ^ Goodman, Steven M. (1994). Description of a New Species of Subfossil Eagle from Madagascar: Stephanoaetus (Aves: Falconiformes) from the Deposits of Ampasambazimba. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107(3): 421–428 ISSN 0006-324X [1] [2]