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[[Image:- Gurney s eagle Aquila gurneyi .jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|mehdhalaouate|mehdhalaouate}}<br />Waigeo island, [[Papua]], November 2014]]
[[Image:Gurneys_Eagle.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mehd halaouate<br>Biak, Papua, Indonesia]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Aquila|Aquila]] gurneyi
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
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66–86 cm
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*Blackish-brown plumage overall
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*[[Topography#Legs_and_Feet|Tarsal]] feathers are paler
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[New Guinea]], the Aru Islands and northern Maluku (Moluccas). Recorded in the Cyclops Mts, on Biak Island and the Vogelkop Peninsula in Irian Jaya and near Vanimo in [[Papua New Guinea]].
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[[New Guinea]], the Aru Islands and northern Maluku (Moluccas). Recorded in the Cyclops Mountains, on Biak Island and the Vogelkop Peninsula in Irian Jaya and near Vanimo in [[Papua New Guinea]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
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[[Image:Gurneys_Eagle.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by mehd halaouate<br />Biak, [[Papua]], [[Indonesia]], October 2005]]
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Coastal forest.  
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Coastal and swamp forests and forest edges.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
Very little-known and rarely seen.   
 
Very little-known and rarely seen.   
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====Diet====
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There is not much information available but one individual observed feeding on a possum species.
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====Breeding====
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They are known to build a large stick nest high in a tree, but little other information is available.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Aquila+gurneyi}}
 
{{GSearch|Aquila+gurneyi}}
 
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=883&Bird_Image_ID=9285&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=883&Bird_Image_ID=9285&Bird_Family_ID=96 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Aquila]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Aquila]]

Revision as of 14:18, 3 December 2014

Photo by mehdhalaouate
Waigeo island, Papua, November 2014
Aquila gurneyi

Identification

66–86 cm

  • Blackish-brown plumage overall
  • Tarsal feathers are paler

Distribution

New Guinea, the Aru Islands and northern Maluku (Moluccas). Recorded in the Cyclops Mountains, on Biak Island and the Vogelkop Peninsula in Irian Jaya and near Vanimo in Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Photo by mehd halaouate
Biak, Papua, Indonesia, October 2005

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Coastal and swamp forests and forest edges.

Behaviour

Very little-known and rarely seen.

Diet

There is not much information available but one individual observed feeding on a possum species.

Breeding

They are known to build a large stick nest high in a tree, but little other information is available.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)

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