sea-eagle, noun

?obsolete. An early name for the fish eagle, Haliaetus vocifer.
1731 G. Medley tr. of P. Kolben’s Present State of Cape of G.H. II. 137There is another Sort of Eagle about the Cape, which the Naturalists call Haliœetus: i.e. (as the Cape-Europeans call it) the Sea-Eagle.
1884 Layard & Sharpe Birds of S. Afr. 46Haliaetus vocifer. African Sea-Eagle.
1903 Stark & Sclater Birds of S. Afr. III. 310Sea Eagle,..Haliaëtus vocifer.
1903 Stark & Sclater Birds of S. Afr. III. 311Distribution.-..Cape Colony..; Natal..Transvaal.
1940 A. Roberts Birds of S. Afr. 58Cuncuma vocifer vocifer, Cape Sea-Eagle.
An early name for the fish eagle, Haliaetus vocifer.
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