Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Wurgarend |
| English (United States) | Crested Eagle |
| Finnish | pikkuharpyija |
| French | Harpie huppée |
| German | Würgadler |
| Icelandic | Toppörn |
| Japanese | ヒメオウギワシ |
| Norwegian | brynjeørn |
| Polish | harpia gujańska |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | uiraçu |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Uiraçu-falso |
| Russian | Гвианская гарпия |
| Serbian | Ćubasti orao |
| Slovak | harpya strakatá |
| Spanish | Arpía Menor |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Aguila Monera |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Águila Crestada |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Águila Crestada (Monera) |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Águila Crestada |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Águila Crestada |
| Spanish (Panama) | Águila Crestada |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Águila monera |
| Spanish (Peru) | Aguila Crestada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Arpía menor |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Águila Monera |
| Swedish | amazonörn |
| Turkish | Guyana Kartalı |
SPECIES
Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis
Jedediah W. Smith
Version: 1.0 — Published August 16, 2012
Version: 1.0 — Published August 16, 2012
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Systematics
Geographic Variation
The Crested Eagle is monotypic.
Related Species
Prior to the mid-20th century, the dark morph was classified as a separate species (Morphnus taeniatus Gurney 1879). It was not until 1949 that the two morphs were recognized as a single species (Hellmayr and Conover 1949).
Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data, from both mitochondrial and nuclear genes, indicates that the closest living relative of the Crested Eagle is the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) and that these two species are at the base of the aquiline eagle radiation (Helbig et al. 2005, Lerner and Mindell 2005).