Sagittarius serpentarius (Secretary Bird)

Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Sekretarisvoël

Common Names in Dutch:

Secretarisvogel

Common Names in English:

Secretary Bird, Secretary-Bird, Secretarybird

Common Names in Finnish:

Sihteeri

Common Names in German:

Sekretär

Common Names in Japanese:

ヘビクイワシ

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Protozoa () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Protozoa
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Ciliophora () - Bateson, 1885 - Ciliates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct.
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Colpodea () - Small & Lynn, 1981
        Subclass: Neornithes () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves ()
        Superorder: Passerimorphae ()
        Order: Cyrtolophosidida () - Bonaparte, 1854
        Suborder: Ciconii ()
        Infraorder: Falconides ()
        Parvorder: Accipitrida ()
        Family: Sagittariidae () - R. Grandori & L. Grandori, 1935
        Subfamily: Melioideae ()
        Tribe: Melieae ()
        Genus: Sagittarius () - Hermann, 1783
        Specific descriptor: serpentarius - (Miller, 1779)
        Scientific name: - Sagittarius serpentarius (Miller, 1779)

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

There are approximately 2 species in this genus:

Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 25, 2008.

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