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"Aquila" ferox, "A." lydekkeri – protostrigid owls, now in Minerva. "Aquila" danana (Snake Creek Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Loup Fork , USA), occasionally placed in Geranoaetus or Buteo , was a bird of prey of unclear relationships.
The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. They are one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. These birds are dark brown, with lighter golden-brown plumage on their ...
The eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) is a large bird of prey that breeds in southeastern Europe and extensively through West and Central Asia. Most populations are migratory and winter in northeastern Africa, the Middle East and South and East Asia. [3] Like all eagles, the eastern imperial eagle is a member of the family Accipitridae.
This is a large bird of prey, though is medium-sized for an eagle and it is one of the smaller species in the genus Aquila. Among currently accepted species in the genus, it is of quite similar size to Bonelli's eagles ( Aquila fasciata ) (though is notably longer winged), slightly larger than African hawk-eagles ( Aquila spilogaster ) and much ...
The modern English term for the bird is derived from Latin: aquila by way of French: aigle. The origin of aquila is unknown, but it is believed to possibly derive from aquilus (meaning dark-colored, swarthy, or blackish) as a reference to the plumage of eagles. Old English used the term earn, related to Scandinavia's ørn/örn.
Out of the Aquila genus, it is one of a few generalist species, however the wedge-tailed eagle is the Aquila most likely to typically attack the largest prey. [53] Generally, this species prefers to attack birds and reptiles weighing over 100 g (3.5 oz) and mammals weighing over 500 g (1.1 lb), although prey taken at times has varied from a few ...
The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles , it belongs to the family Accipitridae . [ 4 ] The steppe eagle's well-feathered legs illustrate it to be a member of the subfamily Aquilinae , also known as the "booted eagles". [ 5 ]
Aquila is a constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Latin for ' eagle ' and it represents the bird that carried Zeus/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greek-Roman mythology . Its brightest star, Altair , is one vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism .