The excellent online database featherbase.info contains high resolution photos of bird feathers, various statistical data on their dimensions, useful comparing tools which allow to identify species with high confidence. Also, you can add pictures of your own finds there. Specific information on Short-toed Eagle is available on the separate page.
Posts tagged ‘morphology’
Another subspecies of Short-toed Eagle determined
Nov 30, 2017 / CommentQuite many articles dedicated to Short-toed Eagle are reprsented on the ResearchGate and not yet described on our site. Currently, we’d like to mark one, which is very fresh, raising a topic of georgaphic variations at the farthest border of the species range /map/ and questioning again the concept of Circaetus gallicus as a monotypic species:
• Shengrong Nathaniel NG, Les CHRISTIDIS, Jerry OLSEN, Janette NORMAN, Frank E. RHEINDT, 2017 – A new subspecies of Short-toed Snake-eagle from Wallacea determined from morphological and DNA comparison // Zootaxa, Vol. 4358, No. 2: pp. 365–374. (En).
The abstract of the paper available now is of great interest itself.
The article on visual fields in Short-toed Eagles online
Oct 25, 2017 / CommentThis article mentioned here in 2006 is available online now:
• Graham R. MARTIN & Gadi KATZIR, 1999 – Visual Fields in Short-Toed Eagles, Circaetus gallicus (Accipitridae), and the Function of Binocularity in Birds // Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 53: pp. 55-66. – 
(En).
Some other articles on the ResearchGate portal will be represented here soon.
Flying and visual abilities of Circaetus gallicus
Dec 20, 2015 / CommentThe following two texts are dedicated to notable physical abilities of Short-toed Eagles and
, like the previous one of Bernard Joubert, are going to be included in the next issue of La Plume du Circaète (Fr):
• Bernard JOUBERT, 2015 – Performance visuelle du Circaète [Visual abilities of Short-toed Eagle] // short-toed-eagle.net.
• Bernard JOUBERT, 2015 – Quelques réflexions sur le vol [Some reflections on the flight] // short-toed-eagle.net.
September Conference in Italy, the 2nd circular
Aug 4, 2015 / CommentPlease check out the 2nd circular with the full program of the September Conference on Short-toed Eagle and conservation of Mediterranean Raptors (It): Programma del Convegno “Sotto il segno del biancone” [Program of the meeting “Under the Sign of Short-toed Eagle”] – ; the last corrected version of the second day’s agenda – .
Our sincere gratitude to Francesco Petretti again!
Conference on Short-toed Eagle in Italy, detailed info
Jun 28, 2015 / CommentPlease get detailed information about the September Conference on Short-toed Eagle: Sotto il segno del biancone [Under the Sign of Short-toed Eagle] – (It).
Many thanks to Francesco Petretti for sharing this!
Conference on Short-toed Eagle in Italy, 1st announce
Jan 22, 2015 / CommentFrom the 10th to the 12th of September 2015 the Conference on the Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) will be held in the Museum of Natural History of Maremma, Grosseto, Italy /map/.
Original contributions on the morphology, behaviour, general ecology, conservation and distribution of the Short-toed Eagle are welcome. The Conference will be anticipated by a workshop on the 10th of September on conservation projects of raptors in the Mediterranean.
The communication could be presented either in Italian or English, French and Spanish languages and will be published in Acta of the Museum of Natural History of Maremma. The deadline for the subscription is 30th June 2015.
For further information, application form and instructions to the authors please contact:
› subscription:
Ms. Paola Mariotti – segreteria@museonaturalemaremma.it
› scientific contributions:
Prof. Francesco Petretti – okapia.studium@virgilio.it