Wedge-tailed Eagle - Aquila audax

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Aquila audax

Other Names: Wedge-Tail Eagle
Family:
Accipitridae (Osprey, Hawks, Eagles, 18 species in Australia)
Size: F 89-104 cm, M 87-91 cm, wingspan 210 cm approx
Distribution: Most of Australia except some of Western WA
Status: Common
Habitat: Most types except closed forest. It eats carrion (dead animals) and is often seen along roadsides. Soars high on long, fingered, upswept wings
References: Simpson and Day, Reader's Digest

The Wedge-tailed Eagle is Australia's largest bird of prey.

Wedge-tailed Eagle - Aquila audax
Photo: Australia Zoo, QLD

Wedge-tailed Eagle - Aquila audax
Photo: Featherdale Wildlife Park, Sydney NSW. High Resolution (2456 x 1843)

Wedge-tailed Eagle - Aquila audax
Photo: Featherdale Wildlife Park, Sydney NSW. High Resolution (3008 x 2000)

Wedge-tailed Eagle - Aquila audax
Artwork: John Gould, 'The Birds of Australia', 1848. Original Scanned Image.

Some Birdwatching Resources

The Australian Bird Guide, by Peter Menkhorst (Author), Danny Rogers (Author), Rohan Clarke (Author), Jeff Davies (Illustrator), Peter Marsack (Illustrator), Kim Franklin (Illustrator) - Wedge-tailed Eagle - Aquila audax NEW: The Australian Bird Guide, by Peter Menkhorst (Author), Danny Rogers (Author), Rohan Clarke (Author), Jeff Davies (Illustrator), Peter Marsack (Illustrator), Kim Franklin (Illustrator).

Revised Edition 2019. Original edition published 2017. This is a newer Australian bird field guide that I just got recently. It may be the best one out of all of them now. Though I still like the pictures better in "Simpson and Day" in terms of their artistic value, and that they just look more interesting to me than the drawings in any other bird field guide I've seen. This one has more "clinical" looking pictures. They are coloured artist-rendered drawings, not photographs. Though the more "clinical" look is meant to be more anatomically accurate, and better for identification.

The rest of the book is wonderful, with different coloured regions on the range maps, and very high quality information overall. It was the winner in its category for an Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) award for book of the year in 2018.

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See Also

Australian Bird Field Guides

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