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was collected presumably while migrating. Samuel G. Gmelin however, described a species of eagle from Tanais where they were found sitting on ancient mounds or graves of nomads. He called it "Aquila mogilnik," the species name "mogilnik" meaning "burial" in Russian. This was included in the 13th edition of Systema Naturae by his cousin J.F. Gmelin in 1788. The identity of this bird was, however, confused with A. heliaca

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