New Guinea Harpy Eagle

New Guinea Harpy Eagle

Taxobox
name = New Guinea Harpy Eagle
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Falconiformes
familia = Accipitridae
genus = "Harpyopsis"
species = "H. novaeguineae"
binomial = "Harpyopsis novaeguineae"
binomial_authority = Salvadori, 1875
The New Guinea Harpy Eagle, "Harpyopsis novaeguineae", also known as the Kapul Eagle, is a huge (up to 90cm long) greyish brown raptor with a short full crest, broad three-banded wings, powerful beak, large iris, long rounded tail and white underaprts. It has long and powerful unfeathered legs with sharp claws. The sexes are similar. The female is a slightly larger than the male. It is the only member of the monotypic genus "Harpyopsis".

The New Guinea Harpy Eagle is endemic to undisturbed tropical rainforests of New Guinea, where it became the top predator of the island. The diet consists mainly of phalangers or "Kapul" in a local language, hence its alternative name. It also feeds on other mammals, birds and snakes.

One of a group of four large eagles, the others being the Crested and Harpy Eagle of South America and the Philippine Eagle of the Philippines, the New Guinea Harpy Eagle is essentially a mountain bird that nests in high forest trees.

Due to ongoing habitat lost, small population size and hunting for its feathers, which are used on ceremonial occasions, the New Guinea Harpy Eagle is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3527&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=9742 IUCN Red List]


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