Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
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Wikipedia: Steppe eagle Source: OTHER 1200px-Steppe_Eagle_Portrait.jpg
Classification: Genus Aquila; Subfamily True hawks (Accipitrinae); Family Accipitridae
General:
The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.[3] The steppe eagle's well-feathered legs illustrate it to be a member of the subfamily Aquilinae, also known as the "booted eagles".[4] This species was once considered to be closely related to the non-migratory tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific. They were split based on pronounced differences in morphology and anatomy;[5][6] two molecular studies, each based on a very small number of genes, indicate that the species are distinct but disagree over how closely related they are.[6][7][8]
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