Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

WoRMS taxon details

Pandion Savigny, 1809

Pandion haliaetus

AphiaID

159375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159375)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Falco haliaetus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Pandionidae Sclater & Salvin, 1873

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Species Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Size: large. Plumage: mainly white and brown; wings long. Other details: eyes large and directed foreword with no...

Description Size: large. Plumage: mainly white and brown; wings long. Other details: eyes large and directed foreword with no suborbital ridge; bill strong and sharply hooked with slit-like closable nostrils; legs and feet powerful; outer toe reversible and soles covered with sharp spicules. Feeds almost exclusively on fish. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Pandion Savigny, 1809. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159375 on 2024-11-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2022-06-08 08:57:25Z

changed

Muñoz Gallego, Antonio-Román

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basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]