Stephanoaetus

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.

Stephanoaetus
Temporal range: Holocene
Crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Aquilinae
Genus: Stephanoaetus
W.L. Sclater, 1922
Species

Species

References

  1. 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
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