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An adult wedge-tailed eagle at Lake Burrumbeet in flight, notably dark and blackish colour. A young wedge-tailed eagle perched in Birdsville Track with an unusual amount of pale colour showing due likely to moult. The species was first described in 1801 by the English ornithologist John Latham, under the binomial name Vultur audax. [13]
Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle Drawing by Louisa Anne Meredith of the head of a wedge-tailed eagle from Tasmanian friends and foes: feathered, furred and finned (1880) Conservation status Endangered (EPBC Act) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae Genus: Aquila Species: A. audax Subspecies: A. a ...
Reproduction and life cycle of the golden eagle; Great Nicobar serpent eagle; Greater spotted eagle; ... Wahlberg's eagle; Wallace's hawk-eagle; Wedge-tailed eagle;
Using this method, accipitrids such as the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) and crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) have successfully hunted ungulates, such as deer and antelope, and other large animals (kangaroos and emus in the wedge-tailed) weighing more than 30 kg ...
The sculpture of eagle at the top of the fountain at Plac Orła Białego in Szczecin, Poland. In Britain before 1678, eagle referred specifically to the golden eagle, with the other native species, the white-tailed eagle, being known as erne. The modern name "golden eagle" for aquila chrysaetos was introduced by the naturalist John Ray. [33]
Intermediate in body size between the well-known larger wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) and the smaller little eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides), the black-breasted buzzard is one of Australia's largest birds of prey and one of the world's largest kites alongside the red kite, which is slightly less heavy but has a longer total length.
Wedge-tail triggerfish; Wedge-tailed eagle This page was last edited on 16 May 2024, at 06:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The golden eagle is part of the facultative cainists group, along with the wedge-tailed, eastern imperial, steppe and greater spotted eagles. The obligate cainists are two tropical species, the Verreaux's and the tawny eagle, and one temperate-climate-dwelling species, the lesser spotted-eagle.