dbo:abstract
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- Booted eagles are eagles that have fully feathered tarsi. That is, their legs are covered with feathers down to the feet. Most other accipitrids have bare lower legs, scaled rather than feathered. They may be treated as an informal group, as distinct from "fish eagles" (or "sea eagles"), "snake eagles", and "giant forest eagles".They may also be treated as a formal taxon, either as a tribe (Aquililae) or subfamily (Aquilinae). The booted eagles, sea eagles, harpy eagles and buteonine hawks are heavily built birds that have traditionally been classified together in the large subfamily Buteoninae. In 2005, Heather Lerner and David Mindell proposed separating the eagles into their own subfamilies Aquilinae, Haliaeetinae, and Harpiinae, leaving only the buteo–buteogallus clade in a more restricted Buteoninae. Included in the booted eagles are the genera Aquila, Hieraaetus and Clanga; all species described as "hawk eagles" including the genera Spizaetus and Nisaetus; as well as assorted monotypical genera such as Oroaetus, Lophaetus, Stephanoaetus, Polemaetus, Lophotriorchis and Ictinaetus. (en)
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rdfs:comment
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- Booted eagles are eagles that have fully feathered tarsi. That is, their legs are covered with feathers down to the feet. Most other accipitrids have bare lower legs, scaled rather than feathered. They may be treated as an informal group, as distinct from "fish eagles" (or "sea eagles"), "snake eagles", and "giant forest eagles".They may also be treated as a formal taxon, either as a tribe (Aquililae) or subfamily (Aquilinae). (en)
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