Verreaux’s eagle, noun phrase

/ˈverəʊz ˌiːɡ(ə)l/
Origin:
Named for French naturalist Jules Verreaux (1807–73), or his father, Edouard Verreaux.
The black eagle, Aquila verreauxii.
[1830 R. Plesson Centurie Zool. 105L’Aigle Verreaux. Aquila Verreauxii, Less. L’oiseau que M. Verreaux, voyager naturaliste qui explore en ce moment l’extrémité australe d’Afrique, vient d’adresser a son père à Paris, est sans contredit un des aigles les plus remarquables.]
1867 E.L. Layard Birds of S. Afr. 11Verreaux’s eagle is not uncommon throughout the colony, wherever rocky precipitous mountains are to be found.
1903 Stark & Sclater Birds of S. Afr. III. 293Verreaux’s Eagle is found in the highlands of Abyssinia and Shoa and reappears in South Africa.
1931 R.C. Bolster Land & Sea Birds 100The other Eagles are birds of powerful flight and are determined killers, the great size of Verreaux’s and Martial Eagles enabling them to attack prey as big as goats, sickly sheep, and some species of buck.
1983 K.B. Newman Newman’s Birds 168Black eagle (Verreaux’s eagle).
1984 G.L. Maclean Roberts’ Birds of Sn Afr. 117Black Eagle (Verreaux’s Eagle)..Aquila verreauxii.
The black eagle, Aquila verreauxii.
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