Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Shqiponja e maleve |
| Arabic | عقاب ذهبية |
| Armenian | Քարարծիվ |
| Asturian | Águila real |
| Azerbaijani | Berqut qartalı |
| Basque | Arrano beltza |
| Bulgarian | Скален орел |
| Catalan | Àguila daurada |
| Chinese | 金鵰 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 金雕 |
| Croatian | suri orao |
| Czech | orel skalní |
| Danish | Kongeørn |
| Dutch | Steenarend |
| English | Golden Eagle |
| English (United States) | Golden Eagle |
| Finnish | maakotka |
| French | Aigle royal |
| French (French Guiana) | Aigle royal |
| Galician | Aguia real |
| German | Steinadler |
| Greek | Χρυσαετός |
| Hebrew | עיט זהוב |
| Hungarian | Szirti sas |
| Icelandic | Gullörn |
| Italian | Aquila reale |
| Japanese | イヌワシ |
| Korean | 검독수리 |
| Latvian | Klinšu ērglis |
| Lithuanian | Kilnusis erelis |
| Mongolian | Цармын бүргэд |
| Norwegian | kongeørn |
| Persian | عقاب طلایی |
| Polish | orzeł przedni |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Águia-real |
| Romanian | Acvilă de munte |
| Russian | Беркут |
| Serbian | Suri orao |
| Slovak | orol skalný |
| Slovenian | Planinski orel |
| Spanish | Águila Real |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Águila Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Águila real |
| Swedish | kungsörn |
| Turkish | Kaya Kartalı |
| Ukrainian | Беркут |
Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Falco Chrysaëtos
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.88.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 19.
Definitions
- AQUILA
- aquila
- chrysaeta / chrysaetos
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Scientific name definitions
Todd E. Katzner, Michael N. Kochert, Karen Steenhof, Carol L. McIntyre, Erica H. Craig, and Tricia A. Miller
Version: 2.0 — Published September 17, 2020
Version: 2.0 — Published September 17, 2020
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Figures from this Account
Distribution of the Golden Eagle
Figure 1. Annual cycle of breeding, migration, and molt.
Thick lines show peak activity; thin lines, off-peak.
Figure 2. Flight calls of an adult Golden Eagle.
Prepared by the staff of the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics (BLB), The Ohio State University, from BLB recording no. 25828, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Canada, 10 Jun 1997, using a Kay Elemetrics DSP 5500 Sona-Graph (with an effective frequency resolution of 75 Hz and a 200-point FFT transform size).