Little Eagle / Hieraaetus morphnoides
WBN 
Little Eagle
SCI Name:
Protonym: Aquila morphnoïdes Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1840) (1840), Pt8 no.94 p.161
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Hieraaetus
Taxonomy Code: liteag1
Type Locality: Yarrundi, Upper Hunter River, New South Wales.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1841
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HIERAAETUS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Booted Eagle H. pennatus) Gr. ἱεραξ hierax, ἱερακος hierakos hawk; αετος aetos eagle; this group, often known as Hawk Eagles, combines an eagle-like appearance with the lighter build, longer tail, and rounded wings of a hawk; "IV. Familie. Adler, Aquilae. ... 1. Untergeschlecht. Falkenfalkenadler, Hieraaëtus, Kaup, wovon der Typus Aquila pennata ist; durch die Kürze der Tarsen etc. zu charakterisiren." (Kaup 1844); "Hieraaëtus Kaup, 1844, Class. Säugethiere Vögel, p. 120. Type, by original designation, Falco pennatus Gmelin." (Stresemann & Amadon in Peters, 1979, I, 2nd ed., p. 383).
Var. Jeraetus, Ieraetus, Hieraetus.
Synon. Anomalaetus, Aquilastur, Asturaetos, Butaetus, Pseudaetus, Tolmaetus.
morphnoides
Gr. μορφνος morphnos eagle; -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "AQUILA MORPHNOÏDES. ... This species is very robust, and although but a small bird, is in every respect a true Aquila. It is nearly allied to, but much stouter than Aquila pennata." (Gould 1841) (Hieraaetus).
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)
