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What is an eagle?

The Eagle is a very large bird of prey. It's related to the falcon.Its Colors are brown and white. They have keen eye site for catching their prey.Eagles often nest on mountai… ( Full Answer )

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What are eagles?

Eagles are large, powerfully built birds of prey, with a heavy head and beak. Even the smallest eagles, like the Booted Eagle ( Aquila pennata ) (which is comparable in size t…o a Common Buzzard ( Buteo buteo ) or Red-tailed Hawk ( B. jamaicensis )), have relatively longer and more evenly broad wings, and more direct, faster flight - despite the reduced size of aerodynamic feathers. Most eagles are larger than any other raptors apart from some vultures. The smallest species of eagle is the South Nicobar Serpent Eagle ( Spilornis klossi ), at 450 g (1 lb) and 40 cm (16 in). The largest species are discussed below. Like all birds of prey, eagles have very large hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong muscular legs, and powerful talons. The beak is typically heavier than that of most other birds of prey. Eagles' eyes are extremely powerful, having up to 3.6 times human acuity for the martial eagle, which enables them to spot potential prey from a very long distance. [2] This keen eyesight is primarily attributed to their extremely large pupils which ensure minimal diffraction (scattering) of the incoming light. The female of all species of eagle known is larger than the male. [3] [4] Eagles normally build their nests, called eyries, in tall trees or on high cliffs. Many species lay two eggs, but the older, larger chick frequently kills its younger sibling once it has hatched. The dominant chick tends to be the female, as they are bigger than the male. The parents take no action to stop the killing. [5] [6] Due to the size and power of many eagle species, they are ranked at the top of the food chain as apex predators in the avian world. The type of prey varies from genus to genus. The Haliaeetus and Ichthyophaga eagles prefer to capture fish, though the species in the former often capture various animals, especially other water birds, and are powerful kleptoparasites of other birds. The snake and serpent eagles of the genera Circaetus , Terathopius and Spilornis predominantly prey on the great diversity of snakes that are found in the tropics of Africa and Asia. The eagles of the genus Aquila are often the top birds of prey in open habitats, taking almost any medium-sized vertebrate they can catch. Where Aquila eagles are absent, other eagles, such as the buteonineBlack-chested Buzzard-Eagle of South America, may assume the position of top raptorial predator in open areas. Many other eagles, including the species-rich Spizaetus genus, live predominantly in woodlands and forest. These eagles often target various arboreal or ground-dwelling mammals and birds, which are often unsuspectingly ambushed in such dense, knotty environments. Hunting techniques differ among the species and genera, with some individual eagles having engaged in quite varied techniques based their environment and prey at any given time. Most eagles grab prey without landing and take flight with it so the prey can be carried to a perch and torn apart. [7] The Bald Eagle is noted for having flown with the heaviest load verified to be carried by any flying bird, since one eagle flew with a 6.8 kg (15 lb) mule deer fawn. [8] However, a few eagles may target prey considerably heavier than themselves; such prey is too heavy to fly with and thus it is either eaten at the site of the kill or taken in pieces back to a perch or nest. Golden and Crowned Eagles have killed ungulates weighing up to 30 kg (66 lb) and a Martial Eagle even killed a 37 kg (82 lb)duiker, 7-8 times heavier than the predating eagle. [7] [9] Authors on birds David Allen Sibley, Pete Dunne and Clay Sutton, described the behavioral difference between hunting eagles and other birds of prey thus (in this case the Bald and Golden Eagles as compared to other North American raptors): [10] ( Full Answer )

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Why were the Philadelphia eagles called the eagles?

The eagles first name was the frankfort yellow jackets but the eagles first owner bert bell liked the name eagles better so in 1936 he changed the name to the philadelphia eag… ( Full Answer )

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What is an a eagle?

Leslie Brown, the famous ornithologist who specialised in studying raptors and in particular eagles, describes an eagles as being a bird of prey belonging to none of the other… ( Full Answer )

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What is bigger an eagle or a golden eagle?

You mean a Bald Eagle? Their wingspan is about the same. 5-7 feet. The bald eagle might be a little bigger

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What will eagle do?

They can kill you when they will attack you. It is the same for the hawks. So when you find any eagles or hawks, save yourself.

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How are the Eagles?

the eagles are long with big haws and a huge beak. they always sit down on the perch and then fly to the ground to capture its prey.

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Is the golden eagle the largest eagle?

No, per the link provided below, in NORTH AMERICA, the Bald Eagle is larger. I saw a link somewhere, comparing Harpy Eagles with Philippine Eagles, and there ensued a discuss… ( Full Answer )

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Is a bald eagle and an eagle the same?

All bald eagles are eagles, but not all eagles are bald eagles. There are many different kinds of eagles and the bald eagle is just one of them.

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How do eagles have a baby eagle?

Eagles breed via sexual reproduction so the male eagle and the female eagle mate. Once they have mated, they build a large nest made mostly of sticks called an eyrie. Since ea… ( Full Answer )