Sea eagle, the Glossary
A sea eagle or fish eagle (also called erne or ern, mostly in reference to the white-tailed eagle) is any of the birds of prey in the subfamily Haliaeetinae of the bird of prey family Accipitridae.[1]
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93 relations: Accipitridae, African fish eagle, Alaska, Ancient Greek, Aquila (bird), Australia, Bald eagle, Bangladesh, Bay of Bengal, Bhutan, Bird of prey, Blazon, Brahminy kite, Buteo, Canada, Central Asia, China, CITES, Contiguous United States, Cytochrome b, Dative case, Description de l'Égypte, Egypt, Eocene, Eurasia, Faiyum, Genus, Greenland, Grey-headed fish eagle, Haliaeetus, Handbook of the Birds of the World, Hokkaido, Holarctic realm, Homer, Human impact on the environment, Iceland, Icthyophaga, India, Indian Ocean, Indian subcontinent, Japan, Jebel Qatrani Formation, Kashmir, Kálmán Lambrecht, Korea, Lesser fish eagle, List of national birds, Madagascar, Madagascar fish eagle, Mainland Southeast Asia, ... Expand index (43 more) »
Accipitridae
The Accipitridae is one of the three families within the order Accipitriformes, and is a family of small to large birds of prey with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet.
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African fish eagle
The African fish eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer) or the African sea eagle is a large species of eagle found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply occur. Sea eagle and African fish eagle are eagles.
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Alaska
Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.
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Aquila (bird)
Aquila is the genus of true eagles.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Bald eagle
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America. Sea eagle and bald eagle are eagles.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean.
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Bhutan
Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia situated in the Eastern Himalayas between China in the north and India in the south.
Bird of prey
Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds).
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Blazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image.
Brahminy kite
The brahminy kite (Haliastur indus), also known as the red-backed sea-eagle in Australia, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers, all found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
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Buteo
Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Central Asia
Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
CITES
CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.
Contiguous United States
The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States of America in central North America.
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Cytochrome b
Cytochrome b within both molecular and cell biology, is a protein found in the membranes of aerobic cells.
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Dative case
In grammar, the dative case (abbreviated, or sometimes when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case used in some languages to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action, as in "", Latin for "Maria gave Jacob a drink".
Description de l'Égypte
The Description de l'Égypte ("Description of Egypt") was a series of publications, appearing first in 1809 and continuing until the final volume appeared in 1829, which aimed to comprehensively catalog all known aspects of ancient and modern Egypt as well as its natural history.
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Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Eurasia
Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.
Faiyum
Faiyum (el-Fayyūm) is a city in Middle Egypt.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Greenland
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is a North American island autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Grey-headed fish eagle
The grey-headed fish eagle (Icthyophaga ichthyaetus) is a fish-eating bird of prey from Southeast Asia. Sea eagle and grey-headed fish eagle are eagles.
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Haliaeetus
Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Ichthyophaga.
Handbook of the Birds of the World
The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International.
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Hokkaido
is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.
Holarctic realm
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Homer
Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.
Human impact on the environment
Human impact on the environment (or anthropogenic environmental impact) refers to changes to biophysical environments and to ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources caused directly or indirectly by humans.
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Iceland
Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.
Icthyophaga
Icthyophaga or Ichthyophaga is a genus of six species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Haliaeetus.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approx.
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Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Jebel Qatrani Formation
The Jebel Qatrani Formation (also Gebel Qatrani, Gabal Qatrani or Djebel Qatrani) is a geologic formation located in the Faiyum Governorate of central Egypt.
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Kashmir
Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.
Kálmán Lambrecht
Kálmán Lambrecht (1889–1936) was a Hungarian palaeontologist, best known for his work on fossil birds.
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Korea
Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.
Lesser fish eagle
The lesser fish eagle (Icthyophaga humilis) is a species of Icthyophaga found in the Indian subcontinent, primarily in the foothills of the Himalayas, and south-east Asia. Sea eagle and lesser fish eagle are eagles.
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List of national birds
This is a list of national birds, including official birds of overseas territories and other states described as nations.
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Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.
Madagascar fish eagle
The Madagascar fish eagle (Icthyophaga vociferoides) or Madagascar sea-eagle (to distinguish it from the Ichthyophaga fishing-eagles), is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers. Sea eagle and Madagascar fish eagle are eagles.
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Mainland Southeast Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia (also known Indochina or the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia.
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Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches.
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Marie Jules César Savigny
Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (5 April 1777 – 5 October 1851) was a French zoologist and naturalist who served on Emperor Napoleon's Egypt expedition in 1798.
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Middle Miocene
The Middle Miocene is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch made up of two stages: the Langhian and Serravallian stages.
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Milvus
Milvus is a genus of medium-sized birds of prey.
Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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Molecular evolution
Molecular evolution describes how inherited DNA and/or RNA change over evolutionary time, and the consequences of this for proteins and other components of cells and organisms.
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of evolutionary biology and phylogenetics.
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Mutation
In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleic acid sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA.
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (known as the NRL Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship) is a professional rugby league competition in Australasia which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand.
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National symbol
A national symbol is a manifestation of a nation or community to the world, serving as a representation of their identity and values.
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Neo-Latin
Neo-LatinSidwell, Keith Classical Latin-Medieval Latin-Neo Latin in; others, throughout.
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
Oligocene
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.
Osprey
The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range.
Pallas's fish eagle
Pallas's fish eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus), also known as Pallas's sea eagle or band-tailed fish eagle, is a large, brownish sea eagle. Sea eagle and Pallas's fish eagle are eagles.
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Pandion (bird)
Pandion is a genus of fish-eating bird of prey, known as ospreys, the only genus of family Pandionidae.
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Paraphyly
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages.
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Sanford's sea eagle
Sanford's sea eagle (Icthyophaga sanfordi), also known as Sanford's fish eagle or the Solomon eagle, is a sea eagle endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago. Sea eagle and Sanford's sea eagle are eagles.
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Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, Islands of Destiny, Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is a country consisting of 21 major islands Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira, Santa Isabel, Choiseul, New Georgia, Kolombangara, Rennell, Vella Lavella, Vangunu, Nendo, Maramasike, Rendova, Shortland, San Jorge, Banie, Ranongga, Pavuvu, Nggela Pile and Nggela Sule, Tetepare, (which are bigger in area than 100 square kilometres) and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia.
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Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.
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Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the half (hemisphere) of Earth that is south of the Equator.
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Species complex
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.
Steller's sea eagle
Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus), also known as Pacific sea eagle or white-shouldered eagle, is a very large diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Sea eagle and Steller's sea eagle are eagles.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara.
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Subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.
Subtropics
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
The tarsometatarsus is a bone that is only found in the lower leg of birds and some non-avian dinosaurs.
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Taxon
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from taxonomy;: taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.
Tropics
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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White-bellied sea eagle
The white-bellied sea eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster), also known as the white-breasted sea eagle, is a large diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Sea eagle and white-bellied sea eagle are eagles.
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White-tailed eagle
The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), sometimes known as the 'sea eagle', is a large bird of prey, widely distributed across temperate Eurasia. Sea eagle and white-tailed eagle are eagles.
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Zambia
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_eagle
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