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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]
A fierce Eagle, known to attack hang gliders that enter their air space. Aquila audax: Date: 4 April 2012, 12:00: Source: Wedge Tailed Eagle, Australia: Author: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia
Wedge tailed Eagle. This photo is a magnificent photo of the Wedge tailed Eagle and illustrates the article well. It also appears to be high resolution and is more than big enough to fit the size guidelines. Nominate and support. - Pegasus1138 Talk | Contribs | Email---- 01:00, 7 June 2006 (UTC) Oppose. It's cropped too tightly on the top and ...
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 ...
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The visual acuity of some large raptors such as eagles and Old World vultures are the highest known among vertebrates; the wedge-tailed eagle has twice the visual acuity of a typical human and six times that of the common ostrich, the vertebrate with the largest eyes. [41]
Head of Wedge-tailed eagle : about one-fourth the natural size Creator(s) Meredith, Louisa Anne, 1812-1895 Date 1880 Description 1 picture : b&w ; 7 x 8 cm. Notes Footnote: Aquila fucosa (Gould) Aquila audax, Exact measurements: 66 X 75 mm. In Tasmanian friends and foes : feathered, furred and finned P. 104
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 ...