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Eagle, Globe, and Anchor. Date: 1995: Source: Derived from Image:US-MarineCorps-Emblem.svg: Author: Derived by User:Flamurai from work by the U.S. Government: Permission (Reusing this file) Public domain from a copyright standpoint, but other restrictions apply.
Eagle, Globe and Anchor; Semper Fidelis (Marsch) Usage on en.wikiquote.org United States Marine Corps; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Cuerpo de Marines de los Estados Unidos; VMFA-323; 11.ᵉʳ Grupo Aéreo del Cuerpo de Marines; 12.º Grupo Aéreo del Cuerpo de Marines; 13.ᵉʳ Grupo Aéreo del Cuerpo de Marines; 24.ª Unidad Expedicionaria de Marines
In 1960, the Mexican ornithologist Rafael Martín del Campo identified the eagle in the pre-Hispanic codex as the crested caracara or "quebrantahuesos" (bonebreaker), a species common in Mexico (although the name "eagle" is taxonomically incorrect, as the caracara is in the falcon family). The golden eagle is considered the official bird of ...
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The eagle's wings were shown "displayed" (wingtips up), with an arc of cloud puffs between the wings, and thirteen stars scattered below the arc and surrounding a scroll reading E Pluribus Unum. The eagle's head was turned to its left toward the arrows for the first time, a feature which would last until 1945.
The eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) is a large bird of prey that breeds in southeastern Europe and extensively through West and Central Asia. Most populations are migratory and winter in northeastern Africa, the Middle East and South and East Asia. [3] Like all eagles, the eastern imperial eagle is a member of the family Accipitridae.
The tawny eagle, despite being an eagle of intermediate size, does not seem to be subject to natural predators in adulthood as far as is known and can be said to fulfill the role of an apex predator. [ 12 ] [ 47 ] [ 108 ] Nestling tawny eaglets and young tawny eagles are commonly vulnerable to assorted natural predators but these are little known.
The wedge-tailed, Gurney's and Verreaux's eagles form a clade or a species complex with the well-known golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), the most widely distributed species in the entire accipitrid family, as well as outwardly dissimilar (smaller and paler-bellied yet also powerful) eagles like the Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata), the African ...