Little eagle / Kaninchenadler (Hieraaetus morphnoides)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Hieraaetus (Hieraaetus); Subfamily True hawks (Accipitrinae); Family Accipitridae (Accipitridae)
General: The little eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) is a very small eagle native to Australia, measuring 45–55 cm (17–21.5 inches) in length and weighing 815 g (1.8 lb), roughly the size of a peregrine falcon. It tends to inhabit open woodland, grassland and arid regions, shunning dense forest. It is a near relative of both the Palearctic booted eagle and the massive but now extinct Haast's eagle of New Zealand.^[2] [more]