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Photo by Fritz73

Photo taken: Guaycolec, Formosa, Argentina

Alternative name: Crowned Solitary Eagle

Harpyhaliaetus coronatus

[edit] Identification

75-85 cm.

• Dull slate grey
• Darker wings
• Prominent bushy crest
• White band and white tip to dark tail
• Yellow cere
• Yellow legs

Juvenile

• Brown upperparts
• Cream below, cream head and throat
• Dark post-ocular stripe
• Upper breast mottled brown
• Mottled lower belly

[edit] Distribution

South America - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina.

[edit] Status

Classified as endangered in the IUCN Red List due to its small, fragmented population, and population decline due to habitat loss and hunting (BirdLife International, 2008).

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Lowland, seasonally dry palm savanna, sparse woodland and shrubland; chaco; and campo cerrado.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes reptiles, small mammals, fish, monkeys and sometimes birds.

It builds a large platform nest; 1 egg is laid.

[edit] References

BirdLife International; Wikipedia

[edit] External Links