Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle / Circaetus beaudouini
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Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
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Protonym: Circaëtus beaudouini Ibis p.212 pl.7
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Circaetus
Taxonomy Code: beasne1
Type Locality: Bissau, Portuguese Guinea.
Author: Verreaux & Des Murs
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
CIRCAETUS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Short-toed Eagle C. gallicus) Gr. κιρκος kirkos type of hawk, here associated with the harrier; αετος aetos eagle; like its congeners, commonly called snake eagles, the Short-toed Eagle has a flattened owl- or harrier-like face; "11. CIRCAËTE, Circaëtus. Falco, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec presque droit à la base, convexe en dessus. — Cire un peu poilue. — Tarses alongés. —Doigts un peu courts; les extérieurs unis à l'origine par une membrane. —Ongles courts, presque égaux. Esp. Jean-le-Blanc, Buff. ... Circaetus [κιρκος, circus, αετος, aquila]." (Vieillot 1816); "Circaëtus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 23. Type, by monotypy, "Jean-le-Blanc" Buffon = Falco gallicus Gmelin." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 269).
Var. Circaetos, Circaetes, Circaeetus, Circaeatus, Circaestus.
Synon. Melanaetus, Occipiter, Senex, Smithaetus.
beaudouini
M. Beaudouin (fl. 1860) who collected in Portuguese Guinea for the Verreaux dealership of Paris (Circaetus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
