Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (33)
- Monotypic
Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 4, 2009
Text last updated March 4, 2009
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Харпия |
| Catalan | harpia grossa |
| Czech | harpyje pralesní |
| Dutch | Harpij |
| English | Harpy Eagle |
| English (United States) | Harpy Eagle |
| Finnish | harpyija |
| French | Harpie féroce |
| French (France) | Harpie féroce |
| German | Harpyie |
| Icelandic | Harpörn |
| Japanese | オウギワシ |
| Norwegian | harpyørn |
| Polish | harpia wielka |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | gavião-real |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gavião-real |
| Russian | Гарпия |
| Serbian | Harpija |
| Slovak | harpya opičiarka |
| Spanish | Arpía Mayor |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Harpía |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Águila Arpía |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Águila Harpía |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Águila Harpía |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Águila Arpía |
| Spanish (Panama) | Águila Harpía |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Águila harpía |
| Spanish (Peru) | Aguila Harpía |
| Spanish (Spain) | Arpía mayor |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Águila Harpía |
| Swedish | harpyja |
| Turkish | Harpi Kartalı |
| Ukrainian | Гарпія велика |
Harpia harpyja (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Vultur Harpyja
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.86.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mexico.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HARPIA
- harpyja
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
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Distribution of the Harpy Eagle
