Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Falconiformes > Suborder Accipitri > Superfamily Accipitroidea > Family Accipitridae > Genus Aquila

Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aquila*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Falco chrysaetos*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: shqipja e malit (shkypja; shqiponja e malit; shqypja) sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Скален орел sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: kongeørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: steenarend sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: golden eagle sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Steinadler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Χρυσαετός sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: עיט זהב; עיט סלעים )עיט זהוב( * sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: aquila reale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: kilnusis erelis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: Kongeørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: kongeørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: kongeørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: orzeł przedni sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: acvila de munte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: беркут sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: iolar fíréan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: planinski orel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: águila real sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: kungsörn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kaya kartali; kaya kartalı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Беркут sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: eryr euraid

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.