WoRMS taxon details
Pandion Savigny, 1809
159375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159375)
accepted
Genus
Falco haliaetus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
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]
WoRMS (2025). Pandion Savigny, 1809. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159375 on 2025-04-19
Date
action
by
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Other
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミサゴ属 | [details] |
