Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Description
Aquila chrysaëtos
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Buffon I p. 68 pl. 409
Old Latin name Aquila chrysaëtos
New Latin name Aquila chrysaetos
Common name Nederlands: Steenarend
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The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Despite being extirpated from or uncommon in some of its former range, the species is still fairly ubiquitous, being present in sizeable stretches of Eurasia, North America, and parts of North Africa.