Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Falconiformes > Family Accipitridae > Genus Aquila

Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Falco Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aquila*		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.

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

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)

English-United States: Golden Eagle sources: Charles Hussey

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

Galician: Iolar fíréan

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

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

Irish: Iolar fíréan sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (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: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 88

Norwegian Nynorsk: kongeørn sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 88

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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: 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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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.
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	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (41 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (957 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159107

Drs Cees Roselaar. Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96734