Types Of Eagles In The World

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Scientists divide eagles into four groups according to their physical characteristics and behavior. fish eagles, booted or true eagles, snake or serpent eagles, and harpy or buteonine eagles.

Sea or Fish Eagles

Eleven species of eagles live in the wooded shores of lakes, rivers and oceans of the Arctic Circle to the tropics, with the exception of South America. Their diet is very balanced, as one might guess from its name, in favor of fish that can be captured alive or carrion. But sometimes a bird placed in this group, the bearded vulture is a quasi-vegetarian, dining almost exclusively on oil palm fruit.

Other members of this group are:

Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bald eagle.

Gypohierax angolensis.Vulturine fish eagle.

Haliaeetus albicillo.White-tailed sea eagle.

Haliaeetus leucogoster. White-bellied sea eagle.

Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Pallas's sea eagle.

Haliaeetus pelagicus. Steller's sea eagle.

Haliaeetus sanfordi. Sanford's fish eagle.

Haliaeetus vocifer.African fish eagle.

Haliaeetus vociferoides. Madagascar fish eagle.

lchthyophaga ...
... humilis. Lesser fish eagle.

lchthyophaga ichthyaetus. Gray-headed fish eagle.

Snake or Serpent Eagles

Generally smaller than other eagles, eagles hunting savannah snake and the snake and forests in tropical regions in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. The most notable member of this group is the flamboyantly marked bateleur. His face was red and stand legs bravely against their black plumage, white and brown and very short tail, make an unequivocal adults charlatan. The name of the magician, since the eighteenth century French naturalist Levaillant, loosely translated as "cup" or "Walk the Line" and probably refers to the rolling motion of the flight or aerial acrobatics performed at times.

This group includes:

Circoetus cinerascens. Banded snake eagle.

Circaetus cinereus. Brown snake eagle.

Circaetus fasciolatus. Fasciated snake eagle.

Circaetus gallicus. Short-toed snake eagle.

Circaetus pectoralis. Black-chested snake eagle.

Dryotriorchis spectabilis. Congo serpent eagle.

Eutriorchis astur. Madagascar serpent eagle.

Spilornis cheela. Includes S.c. abbotti, Simeulue serpent eagle;S.c. asturinus, Nias serpent eagle; S.c. cheela, Crested serpent eagle; S.c. natunensis, Natuna serpent eagle; S.c. sipora, Mentawai serpent eagle.

Spilornis elgini. Andaman serpent eagle.

Spilornis holospi1us. Philippine serpent eagle. May be a race of S. cheela.

Spilornis kinabaluensis. Mountain serpent eagle.

Spilornis minimus. Small serpent eagle. Includes S.m. klossi, Nicobar serpent eagle.

Spilornis rufipectus. Sulawesi serpent eagle.

Terathopius ecaudatus. Bateleur.

Booted or True Eagles

The booted eagles get their name because their legs are feathered to the ankles, this group contains most of the species and numbers, among them some of the most beautiful eagle marked Eagle Inclucling the ornate, and the Spanish imperial eagle Hawk-eagle crowned. More eagles in this spirited group sports, long crest feathers. Some of the booted eagle, whose martial eagle, eagle Australian and Verreaux's eagle, is among the largest eagles in the world, while others such as Eagle and Wahlberg's Eagle Ayres, are some of hawk-eagle crowned smallest.The has been described as one of the most powerful eagles on Earth eats regularly and mammals up to two times its own weight.

Other members of this group include:

Aquila adalberti. Spanish imperial eagle.

Aquila audax. Wedge-tailed eagle.

Aquila chrysaetos. Golden eagle.

Aquila clanga. Greater spotted eagle.

Aquila gurneyi. Gurney's eagle.

Aquila heliaca. Imperial eagle.

Aquila nipalensis. Steppe eagle.

Aquila pomarina. Lesser spotted eagle.

Aquila rapax. African tawny eagle.

Aquila vindhiana. Eurasian tawny eagle.

Aquila wahlbergi. Wahlberg's eagle.

Hieraaetus ayresii. Ayres's hawk-eagle.

Hieraaetus fasciatus. Bonell i's eagle.

Hieraaetus kienerli. Rufous-bellied eagle.

Hieraaetus morphnoides. Little eagle.

Hieraaetus pennatus. Booted eagle.

Hieraaetus spilogaster. African hawk-eagle.

lctinaetus malayensis. Black eagle.

Lophoaetus occipitalis. Long-crested eagle.

Oroaetus isidori. Black-and-chestnut eagle.

Polemaetus bellicosus. Martial eagle.

Spizaetus africanus. Cassin's hawk-eagle.

Spizaetus alboniger. Blyth's hawk-eagle.

Spizaetus bartelsi. Javan hawk-eagle.

Spizaetus cirrhatus. Includes S.c. limnaeetus, Changeable hawk-eagle; S.c. cirrhatus, Crested hawk-eagle; S.c. floris, Sunda hawk-eagle.

Spizaetus lanceolatus. Sulawesi hawk-eagle.

Spizaetus nanus. Wallace's hawk-eagle.

Spizaetus nipalensis. Mountain hawk-eagle.

Spizaetus ornatus. Ornate hawk-eagle.

Spizaetus philippensis. Philippine hawk-eagle.

Spizaetus tyrannus. Black hawk-eagle.

Spizastur melanoleucus. Black-and-white hawk- eagle.

Stephanoaetus caronatus. Crowned hawk-eagle.

Harpy or Buteonine Eagles

In the rainforests of South America, Mexico, New Guinea and the Philippines, this group of six includes some of Britain's most impressive in the world, the harpy eagle, the eagle in New Guinea and the Philippine eagle.

Although other eagles is almost as heavy and some are larger, the harpy eagle of South America is unquestionably the most powerful eagle in the world. A female Harpy Eagle can weigh nearly 20 pounds (9 kg). His legs may be as large as in the wrist of a child, her feet tipped with 1.5-inch long (3.75 cm long) claws can span 9 inches (22.5 cm). With legs and claws, the harpy able to capture large prey tree, including sloths and howler monkeys on the branches where they live. The images needed to idle in Guyana to reveal the technique used by the harpies to take a lazy hung from a branch. Skillfully roll in flight to pass under the branch, the eagle took laziness, snatched the loose, and she realized with almost a break in his harpy eagle swooping down flight.A to 20 miles per hour (32 km / h ) generates about 13,500 foot-pounds (18 300 Newton-meters) of energy - more than twice the muzzle energy of a projectile shot from a heavy gun.

Recent research has shown that even the harpy eagle cannot carry larger animals, it kills back to his nest. Adult Harpy eagles feed on a carcass probably a day or two before finally bring even more clear to their children rotten.

Harpia harpyja. Harpy eagle.

Harpyhaliaetus caranatus. Crowned eagle.

Harpyhaliaetus solitarius. Solitary eagle.

Harpyopsis novaeguineae. New Guinea eagle.

Morphnus guianensis. Crested eagle.

Pithecophaga jefferyi. Philippine eagle.

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