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;[[:Category:Aquila|Aquila]] gurneyi | ;[[:Category:Aquila|Aquila]] gurneyi | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 66–86 cm | |
| + | *Blackish-brown plumage overall | ||
| + | *[[Topography#Legs_and_Feet|Tarsal]] feathers are paler | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[New Guinea]], the Aru Islands and northern Maluku (Moluccas). Recorded in the Cyclops | + | [[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== | ||
| − | + | [[Image:Gurneys_Eagle.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by mehd halaouate<br />Biak, [[Papua]], [[Indonesia]], October 2005]] | |
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Coastal forest. | + | Coastal and swamp forests and forest edges. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
Very little-known and rarely seen. | 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== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014) | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==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
- 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
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
- 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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Gurney's Eagle. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gurney%27s_Eagle
