Aquila chrysaetos simurgh Weesie, 1988
Giant Cretan golden eagle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Aquila simurgh Weesie, 1988
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Crete, Greece
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Weesie, Peter D. M. (1988). The Quaternary Avifauna of Crete, Greece. Palaeovertebrata (Montpellier) 18(1): 1-94.
Other references:
Godino, F. M. J. (2014). Giant Cretan Golden Eagle. extinct-website.com & co.uk. Downloaded on Sunday, February 09, 2014.
Louchart, Antoine, Bedetti, Claudia and Pavia, Marco (2005). A new species of eagle (Aves: Accipitridae) close to the Steppe Eagle,from the Pleistocene of Corsica and Sardinia,France and Italy. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 272(5-6): 121-148.
Mlíkovský, Jiří. (2002). Cenozoic Birds of the World: Part 1: Europe. Praha, Czech Republic: Ninox Press.
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.
Weesie, Peter D. M. (1987). The Quaternary avifauna of Crete, Greece. Ph D thesis, Univ of Utrecht, The Netherlands.