Aquila brachialis (de Vis, 1889:162)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Uroaetus brachialis de Vis, 1889:162 (protonym); Taphaetus brachialis (de Vis, 1889:162)
Now generally considered a synonym of the Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) (Condon, 1975; Gaff, 2002; Worthy & Nguyen, 2020:95; Mather et al., 2023), although at least one author considers it an indeterminate accipitrid (van Tets, 1984).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Aquila audax) (Condon, 1975; Gaff, 2002; Worthy & Nguyen, 2020:95; Mather et al., 2023)
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Queensland, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
de Vis, Charles W. (1889). On a bone of an extinct eagle. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6: 161-162.
Other references:
Condon, H. T. (1975). Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Royal Australasian Union. 311 pp.
de Vis, Charles W. (1891). Note on an extinct eagle. Proceedings of The Linnean Society of New South Wales 6: 123-125.
de Vis, Charles W. (1892). Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6: 437-456.
de Vis, Charles W. (1905). A contribution to the knowledge of the extinct avifauna of Australia. Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 1-25, pls. 1-9.
Mather, Ellen K., Lee, Michael S. Y. and Worthy, Trevor H. (2022). A new look at an old Australian raptor places “Taphaetus” lacertosus de Vis 1905 in the Old World vultures (Accipitridae: Aegypiinae). Zootaxa 5168(1): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5168.1.1
Mather, Ellen K., Lee, Michael S. Y., Fusco, Diana A., Hellstrom, John and Worthy, Trevor H. (2023). Pleistocene raptors from cave deposits of South Australia, with a description of a new species of Dynatoaetus (Accipitridae: Aves): morphology, systematics and palaeoecological implications. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2268780
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.
van Tets, G. F. (1984). A checklist of extinct fossil Australasian birds, pp. 469-475. In: Archer, Michael and Clayton, Georgina (eds.). Vertebrate Zoogeography & Evolution in Australasia: Animals in Space & Time. Carlisle, WA: Hesperian Press.
van Tets, G. F. and Vickers-Rich, Patricia. (1990). An evaluation of de Vis’ fossil birds. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 165-168.
Worthy, Trevor H. and Nguyen, Jacqueline M. T. (2020). An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 144(1): 66-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2020.1756560