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wedge-tailed eagle, eaglehawk, bunjil (Aquila audax)
Subject: wedge-tailed eagle, eaglehawk, bunjil (Aquila audax)
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Aquila audax - 1842-1849 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ18100203 - wedge-tailed eagle, eaglehawk, bunjil (Aquila audax).jpg
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wedge-tailed eagle, eaglehawk, bunjil (Aquila audax)


Description
Aquila audax
Date 1842-1849
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Schlegel, De diergaarde en het Museum van het Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra te Amsterdam http://hdl.handle.net/11245/5.274
Old Latin name Aquila audax
New Latin name Aquila audax
Common name Nederlands: Wigstaartarend
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aquila_audax_-_1842-1849_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100203.tif

The wedge-tailed eagle or bunjil (Aquila audax), sometimes known as the eaglehawk, is the largest bird of prey in Australia, and is also found in southern New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. It has long, fairly broad wings, fully feathered legs, and an unmistakable wedge-shaped tail. The wedge-tailed eagle is one of 12 species of large, predominantly dark-coloured booted eagles in the genus Aquila found worldwide. A large brown bird of prey, it has a wingspan up to 2.84 m and a length up to 1.06 m. Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae, Genus: Aquila, Species: Aquila audax (Latham, 1801).

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Scientific Name: Aquila audax (Latham, 1801)
Common Names: Wedge-tailed Eagle
French: Aigle d’Australie German: Keilschwanzadler Spanish: Águila audaz
Taxonomy: Vultur audax Latham, 1801, New South Wales, Australia.

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