Stephanoaetus
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Holocene
| image = Crowned Eagle.jpg
| image_caption = Crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
| taxon = Stephanoaetus
| authority = W.L. Sclater, 1922
| type_species = Falco coronatus{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=1 |title= Tinamidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2024-08-11}}
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1766
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = * Stephanoaetus coronatus
}}
Stephanoaetus is a genus of very large birds of prey from Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Only one of the two known species is extant.
Species
- Crowned eagle or crowned hawk-eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus).
- † Malagasy crowned eagle or Madagascar crowned hawk-eagle (Stephanoaetus mahery).Goodman, Steven M. (1994). Description of a New Species of Subfossil Eagle from Madagascar: Stephanoaetus (Aves: Falconiformes) from the Deposits of Ampasambazimba. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107(3): 421–428 ISSN 0006-324X [http://biostor.org/reference/81217] [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006132554/http://extinct-website.com/pdf/81217.pdf]
References
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