2007-01-17 03:37:31 · 3 answers · asked by MSK 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
There are 59 species of eagles found in the world on every continent except Antarctica.
There are four major groups of eagles: fish eagles, booted eagles, snake eagles and giant forest eagles.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
2007-01-17 04:16:43 · answer #1 · answered by Dinky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diurnal birds of prey
â Class: Aves â Order: Falconiformes
â Number of families: 3
• Family Accipitridae: Hawks,Eagles and Allies
• Family Sagittariidae: Secretary Birds
• Family Falconidae: Falcons and Caracaras
â Number of genera, species: 76 genera; 306 species
The Accipitridae is numerically dominant and one of the largest avian families with more than 200 species, though the changing nature of taxonomy means that there may be up to 250, and the dividing lines between the genera and species are not especially precise.
For the taxonomy check http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/jsp/db/viewWiki.jsp?title=Accipitridae
For information about the family accipitridae check http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Accipitridae.html
2007-01-17 06:32:05 · answer #2 · answered by gospieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I count 63
2007-01-17 03:43:07 · answer #3 · answered by metakine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋