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Definition of Circaetus
1. Noun. Harrier eagles.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Member holonyms: Harrier Eagle, Short-toed Eagle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circaetus
Literary usage of Circaetus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"The species of the genus Circaetus, Vieillot, Are in a manner intermediate between
the Fisher-Eagles, the Ospreys and the Buzzards. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1874)
"Port Natal. Baron Laugher de Chartreuse. Purchased. Purchased. Purchased. 3.
Circaetus ... Syst. Uebers. p. 7 (1860, descr. nutta); id. Circaetus ..."
3. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1848)
"Circaetus thoracicus Cuv. Less. Tr. D'Orn. p. 48.; Kaup, Class Circaetus ...
Circaetus bacha GR Gray, Gen. of B. ip Circaetus (Spilornis) bacha Kaup, ..."
4. A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by East India Company Museum, Frederic Moore, Thomas Horsfield (1858)
"Circaetus cheela, GB Gray, Gen. of Birds, III. App. p. 1 ; Cat. B. Brit. ... B.
Nep. p. 42. Blyth, An. Nat. Hitt. XII. p. 91. Circaetus nipalensis ..."
5. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1862)
"The birds of this genus differ from those of Circaetus in being more arboreal,
... 1—Circaetus undulatus, apud, JERDON, Cat. 14—C. Nipalensis, HODGSON, ..."
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