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Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae.Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related.
EN 50,000 - 75,000 [8] Tawny eagle Aquila rapax (Temminck, 1828) Africa both north and south of the Sahara Desert and across tropical southwestern Asia to India. Size: Habitat: Diet: VU 100,000 - 499,999 [9] Spanish imperial eagle. Aquila adalberti C. L. Brehm, 1861: central and south-west Spain and adjacent areas of Portugal, in the Iberian ...
Jerónimo de Aguilar O.F.M. (1489–1531) was a Franciscan friar born in Écija, Spain. Aguilar was sent to Panama to serve as a missionary. He was later shipwrecked on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1511 and captured by the Maya. In 1519 Hernán Cortés rescued Aguilar and engaged him as a translator during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Captive birds have been measured with a wingspan of 2.81 m (9 ft 3 in) and a mass of 12.1 kg (27 lb), though this mass was for an eagle bred for falconry, which tend to be unnaturally heavy. [ 21 ] The standard measurements of the species include a wing chord length of 52–72 cm (20–28 in), a tail length of 26.5–38 cm (10.4–15.0 in) and ...
Like most raptors, they are highly territorial and tend to maintain a stable home range. Spanish imperial eagles nest from February to April. The nesting pair will construct a nest of as much as 1.5 m (4.9 ft) across when first built, which will increase in time, especially in mature cork oaks (Quercus suber) or pine trees. Clutch size is ...
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Roman ornament with an aquila (100–200 AD) from the Cleveland Museum of Art A modern reconstruction of an aquila. An aquila (Classical Latin: [ˈakᶣɪla]; lit. ' eagle ') was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion.
Chocolate Aguila is an Argentine chocolate brand currently owned and commercialised by Grupo Arcor. "Aguila" was the tradename used by the former company Saint Hermanos S.A., which had been established in 1880, being renowned for its chocolate bars. The company was acquired by Grupo Arcor in 1993, becoming a brand of it.