White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (48)
- Subspecies (2)
Jaume Orta, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.1 — Published October 24, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Shqiponja e detit |
| Arabic | عقاب البحر بيضاء الذيل |
| Armenian | Սպիտակապոչ արծիվ |
| Asturian | Pigargu raublancu |
| Azerbaijani | Ağquyruq dəniz qartalı |
| Basque | Itsas arrano buztanzuria |
| Bulgarian | Морски орел |
| Catalan | pigarg cuablanc |
| Chinese | 白尾海鵰 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白尾海雕 |
| Croatian | štekavac |
| Czech | orel mořský |
| Danish | Havørn |
| Dutch | Zeearend |
| English | White-tailed Eagle |
| English (United States) | White-tailed Eagle |
| Faroese | Havørn |
| Finnish | merikotka |
| French | Pygargue à queue blanche |
| French (France) | Pygargue à queue blanche |
| Galician | Pigargo europeo |
| German | Seeadler |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκός) Θαλασσαετός |
| Hebrew | עיטם לבן-זנב |
| Hungarian | Rétisas |
| Icelandic | Haförn |
| Italian | Aquila di mare |
| Japanese | オジロワシ |
| Korean | 흰꼬리수리 |
| Latvian | Jūras ērglis |
| Lithuanian | Jūrinis erelis |
| Malayalam | വെള്ളവാലൻ കടൽപ്പരുന്ത് |
| Mongolian | Цагаан сүүлт нөмрөг бүргэд |
| Norwegian | havørn |
| Persian | عقاب دریایی دم سفید |
| Polish | bielik |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pigargo |
| Romanian | Codalb |
| Russian | Орлан-белохвост |
| Serbian | Belorepan |
| Slovak | orliak morský |
| Slovenian | Belorepec |
| Spanish | Pigargo Europeo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pigargo europeo |
| Swedish | havsörn |
| Thai | นกอินทรีหางขาว |
| Turkish | Ak Kuyruklu Kartal |
| Ukrainian | Орлан-білохвіст |
Revision Notes
Shawn M. Billerman revised the Systematics page, and standardized the account with Clements taxonomy. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structures page.
Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Falco Albicilla
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.89.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Restricted type locality, Sweden, ex Fn. Suec.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HALIAEETUS
- albicilla / albicillus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-tailed Eagle
