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 VU    New Guinea Eagle* Id (Atlas):
    Harpyopsis novaeguineae

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Papuan Eagle, New Guinea Eagle, New Guinea Harpy Eagle, Kapul Eagle

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
75 - 90 cm

First Described (Guide)
Salvadori, 1875

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,000 m, occasionally to 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia (B) (NB), Papua New Guinea (B) (NB).

New Guinea.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Hunting is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mammals, mostly marsupials and rats, but also pigs and dogs, and sometimes birds, lizards and snakes.

Voice
Repeated, deep, resonating calls and grunts, often at night.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

 
Papuan Eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) [XC23164]
     by Michiel de Boer from Garden House, Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia (call)

 
Papuan Eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) [XC23918]
     by Mike Catsis from Baily bridge, below Tari Gap, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (call, typical call)

Subspecies
Traditionally considered to be related to Harpia and Pithecophaga, but possibly part of an old endemic Australasian clade.

No subspecies.

Similar Species
In size, it is matched only by the short-tailed White-bellied Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) and the uniformly very dark brown Gurney's Eagle (Aquila gurneyi). In plumage, it is similar to the smaller Long-tailed Honey-buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda) and Doria's Goshawk (Megatriorchis doriae) but has an unstreaked breast.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for New Guinea Eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) - 10 files


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