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Haliaeetus leucocephalus (bald eagle)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Falco leucocephalus Linnaeus
1930Haliaeetus leucocephalus Hay p. 319
1931Haliaeetus leucocephalus Wetmore p. 30
1940Haliaeetus leucocephalus Wetmore p. 39
1942Haliaeetus leucocephalus Miller and DeMay p. 102
1956Haliaeetus leucocephalus Wetmore p. 47
1958Haliaeetus leucocephalus Parmalee p. 172
1967Haliaeetus leucocephalus Wilson p. 206
1991Haliaeetus leucocephalus Olson and James p. 62
1992Haliaeetus leucocephalus Guthrie p. 322
1992Haliaeetus leucocephalus Parmalee p. 310
2004Haliaeetus leucocephalus Broughton p. 23
2016Haliaeetus leucocephalus Kilmer and Steadman p. 23 fig. 17B,D,F
2017Haliaeetus leucocephalus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusHaliaeetusSavigny 1809
speciesleucocephalus(Linnaeus 1766)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 [bald eagle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:13
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:13
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Rancholabrean to the top of the Holocene or 0.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (176094 176095)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (227368)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (195049)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (20639)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (176091)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (20638 74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (20273 44954 120827 120829 125236 125237 176102 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (20636)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (104675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (194906 194912 194914 194925 194928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) Haliaeetus leucocephalus (195052)