Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Accipitriformes > Accipitridae > Harpyopsis > Harpyopsis novaeguineaeHarpyopsis novaeguineae (Papuan Eagle)The Papuan eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) also known as the Papuan harpy eagle, New Guinea eagle, or Kapul eagle, is a large (length 75–90 cm, wingspan 157 cm, weight 1600–2400 g) greyish brown raptor with a short full crest, broad three-banded wings, powerful beak, large iris, long rounded tail and white underparts. It has long and powerful unfeathered legs with sharp claws. The sexes are similar, and the female is slightly larger than the male. It is the only member of the genus Harpyopsis. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 26.3193 EDGE Score: 4.69389 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 4.409 lbs (2.00 kg) |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Vertebrates) | | Diet - Ectothermic [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Endothermic [2] | 80 % | | Forages - Aerial [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 40 % | | | Maximum Longevity [3] | 30 years | | Raptor Research Conservation Priority [4] | 18 | | Wing Span [1] | 4.559 feet (1.39 m) |
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Central Range montane rain forests |
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central Range sub-alpine grasslands |
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Huon Peninsula montane rain forests |
Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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New Guinea mangroves |
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Mangroves |
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Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests |
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northern New Guinea montane rain forests |
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southeastern Papuan rain forests |
Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests |
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests |
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Trans Fly savanna and grasslands |
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Vogelkop montane rain forests |
Indonesia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests |
Indonesia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 4Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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