Wallace’s Hawk-Eagle / Nisaetus nanus
Wallace's Hawk-Eagle
SCI Name:
Protonym: Spizaetus nanus Ibis p.14
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Nisaetus
Taxonomy Code: walhae1
Type Locality: Sarawak.
Author: Wallace
Publish Year: 1868
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
NISAETUS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Mountain Hawk Eagle N. nipalensis) Genus Nisus de Lacépède, 1799, hawk; Gr. αετος aetos eagle; "Genus Nisactus, (mihi.) The birds of this genus are distinguished by wings and tail formed upon the accipitrine model; but their nares are transverse and speculated as in the eagles. Their festooned bills have a form which is osculant between the hawks and buzzards. They have the long slender plumed tarsi of Limnæetus, and the long, acute, and unequal talons of the noblest hawks and falcons, to which moreover they assimilate in their manners, adhering exclusively to the wilds, and killing their own prey, which consists of pigeons, jungle fowls, and partridges. Species Nipalensis, mihi" (Hodgson 1836) (see Tolmaetus).
Var. Nisactus (original spelling), Nisaetos.
Synon. Necrastur.
nanum / nanus
L. nanus dwarf < Gr. νανος nanos dwarf.
● ex “Barbu du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 746, fig. 2, and “Petit Barbu” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (?syn. Gymnobucco calvus).
● ex “Ynambú-carapé” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 328 (Taoniscus).
SUBSPECIES
Wallace's Hawk-Eagle (nanus)
SCI Name: Nisaetus nanus nanus
nanum / nanus
L. nanus dwarf < Gr. νανος nanos dwarf.
● ex “Barbu du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 746, fig. 2, and “Petit Barbu” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (?syn. Gymnobucco calvus).
● ex “Ynambú-carapé” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 328 (Taoniscus).
Wallace's Hawk-Eagle (stresemanni)
SCI Name: Nisaetus nanus stresemanni
stresemanni
Prof. Erwin Friedrich Theodor Stresemann (1889-1972) German ornithologist, explorer, collector (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, syn. Alisterus chloropterus callopterus, subsp. Aviceda subcristata, syn. Cacomantis variolosus aeruginosus, subsp. Certhia brachydactyla, subsp. Cincloramphus macrurus, subsp. Collocalia esculenta, Cyornis, subsp. Dendrocopos major, syn. Dendropicos fuscescens centralis, subsp. Dicaeum trochileum, subsp. Emberiza schoeniclus, syn. Epimachus fastuosus atratus, syn. Geoffroyus geoffroyi rhodops, subsp. Heleia squamiceps, syn. Hemiprocne comata, syn. Hemispingus melanotis, subsp. Horornis flavolivaceus, Hylexetastes, subsp. Hypsipetes leucocephalus, subsp. Lanius schach, syn. Locustella davidi, subsp. Malia grata, subsp. Melidectes rufocrissalis, subsp. Melilestes megarhynchus, Merulaxis, subsp. Micropsitta pusio, subsp. Mirafra africana, syn. Myiodynastes maculatus, subsp. Nisaetus nanus, subsp. Oriolus chinensis, syn. Otocompsa sinensis, syn. Otus spilocephalus vandewateri, syn. Pachycephala phaionota, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, syn. Picus canus kogo, syn. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax brachypus, syn. Scleroptila levaillantoides, syn. Sericornis nouhuysi pontifex, subsp. Sinosuthora alphonsiana, subsp. Stactolaema whytii, subsp. Todiramphus chloris, subsp. Trichoglossus forsteni, syn. Troglodytes troglodytes cypriotes, subsp. Turdus poliocephalus, Zaratornis, Zavattariornis, Zosterops).
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)