Crowned Eagle

SCI Name:  Stephanoaetus coronatus
Protonym:  Falco coronatus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.124
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Stephanoaetus
Taxonomy Code:  crheag1
Type Locality:  coast of Guinea.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

STEPHANOAETUS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ  Crowned Eagle S. coronatus) Gr. στεφανος stephanos  crown  < στεφανοω stephanoō  to crown; αετος aetos  eagle; "Stephanoaëtus, gen. nov.   Bill stout and strong, with a sharp hook; wings comparatively short and rounded, not reaching more than halfway down the tail in the skin, the primaries hardly exceeding the secondaries by more than 50 mm.; the fourth, fifth, and sixth the longest; tail exceedingly long, about three-quarters the length of the wing, the outer feathers slightly shorter than the central ones; tarsus stout and rather short, clothed with feathers thoughout to the middle of the basal joint of the phalanges; claws, especially that of the hind toe, exceedingly large and strong.  Type. Falco coronatus Linnæus." (W. Sclater 1922).
Var. Stepahnoaetus.

coronatum / coronatus
L. coronatus crowned  < coronare  to crown  < corona  crown.
● ex “Perroquet Dufresne” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Amazona dufresniana).
● ex “Calao des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 873, “Calao de Malabar” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Pied Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (Anthracoceros).
● ex “Aguila coronada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 7 (Harpyhaliaetus).
● ex “Tyran huppé de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 289 (Onychorhynchus).
● ex “Merle de Bengale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 258 (syn. Pitta brachyura).
● ex “Gobe-mouche rouge huppé” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 675, fig. 2, “Rubin de la rivière des Amazones” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Round-crested Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pyrocephalus rubinus).
● ex “Crowned Eagle” of Edwards 1758 (Stephanoaetus).
● ex “Tordo de bosque coronado y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 77 (Tachyphonus).
● ex "Pluvier du cap de Bonne-Espérance" of d'Aubenton 176501781, pl. 800, "Pluvier couronné" of de Buffon 1770-1785, and "Wreathed Plover" of Latham 1785 (Vanellus).
● ex “Pepoazá coronada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 202 (Xolmis).