Wedge-tailed Eagle

Aquila audax - Aigle d'Australie

Aigle d'Australie
juvenile
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Aquila

  • Species
    :

    audax

Descriptor

Latham, 1801

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 104 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 182 à 232 cm.
  • Weight
    : 3200 à 5300 g
Longevity

25 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Aigle d'Australie
adult
Aigle d'Australie
immature

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Aquila audax audax (Australia, s New Guinea)
  • Aquila audax fleayi (Tasmania)

Foreign names

  • Aigle d'Australie,
  • Águila audaz,
  • águia-audaz,
  • Keilschwanzadler,
  • ékfarkú sas,
  • Wigstaartarend,
  • Aquila cuneata,
  • kilstjärtsörn,
  • Kilehaleørn,
  • orol klinochvostý,
  • orel klínoocasý,
  • Kilehaleørn,
  • kiilapyrstökotka,
  • àguila audaç,
  • orzeł australijski,
  • Клинохвостый орёл,
  • Rajawali ekor-baji,
  • オナガイヌワシ,
  • 楔尾雕,
  • 楔尾鵰,

Voice song and cries

Aigle d'Australie
immature

Habitat

Aigle d'Australie
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Temperate ; Grassland : Temperate

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 22-02-2011
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