Haliaeetus australis Harrison & Walker, 1973:274
Chatham Islands eagle, Chatham Islands fish-eagle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Ichthyophaga australis Harrison & Walker, 1973:274
Probably synonymous with H. leucacephalus, the American bald eagle (Olson, 1984).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
Chatham Islands, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Harrison, Collin James Oliver and Walker, Cyril Alexander. (1973). An undescribed extinct fish-eagle from the Chatham Islands. Ibis 115(2): 274-277. [Abstract]
Other references:
Dawson, E. W. (1961). An extinct sea eagle in the Chatham Islands. Notornis 9(5): 171-172.
Olson, Storrs L. (1984). The relationships of the extinct Chatham Island eagle. Notornis 31(4): 273-277.
Worthy, Trevor H. and Holdaway, Richard N. (2002). The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric life of New Zealand. Indiana University Press: Bloomington (Indiana).