The genus Hieraaetus, sometimes known as small eagles or hawk-eagles, denotes a group of smallish eagles usually placed in the accipitrid subfamilies Buteoninae[1] or Aquilinae.[2]
They are generally medium-sized birds of prey inhabiting Europe, Asia, Africa, New Guinea and Australia. However, a recently extinct species, the New Zealand Haast's eagle, was the largest eagle ever known, weighing up to 17 kg (37 lb), with a 3 m (9.8 ft) wingspan.[3]
^Peters, James Lee (1931). Check-list of birds of the world: volume 1. Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.: Harvard University Press. Digitized copy
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meaning "eagle". Molecular genetic research has found Hieraaetus to be polyphyletic with Aquila. Hieraaetus kienerii was found to be most distinct, and has...
the genus Aquila, along with some or all other Hieraaetus species. As it is the type species of Hieraaetus, should any of the hawk-eagles have been retained...
formerly Hieraaetus fasciatus African hawk-eagle, A. spilogaster – formerly in Hieraaetus Cassin's hawk-eagle, A. africana – formerly in Hieraaetus or Spizaetus...
The little eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) is a very small eagle endemic to Australia. John Gould described the little eagle in 1841. The distinctive pygmy...
genetically aligned to the Hieraaetus lineage. Cassin's hawk-eagle (H. africanus) is also probably closely related to the Hieraaetus group rather than the...
Modern species range in mass from the recently recognized pygmy eagle (Hieraaetus weiskei) of Papua New Guinea, which weighs about 500 g (1.1 lb), to the...
genetically aligned to the Hieraaetus lineage. Cassin's hawk-eagle (H. africanus) is also probably closely related to the Hieraaetus group rather than the...
eagle may reach at least 2.74 m (9.0 ft). The now extinct Haast's eagle (Hieraaetus moorei), which existed alongside early aboriginal people in New Zealand...
Genus Lophaetus Genus Ictinaetus Genus Clanga Genus Hieraaetus Genus Aquila (paraphyletic to Hieraaetus) Subfamily Lophospizinae – crested goshawk Genus...
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