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Harpia harpyja (Harpy Eagle)

Synonyms: Vultur harpyja
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) is a neotropical species of eagle. It is sometimes known as the American harpy eagle to distinguish it from the Papuan eagle, which is sometimes known as the New Guinea harpy eagle or Papuan harpy eagle. It is the largest and most powerful raptor found in the Americas, and among the largest extant species of eagles in the world. It usually inhabits tropical lowland rainforests in the upper (emergent) canopy layer. Destruction of its natural habitat has caused it to vanish from many parts of its former range, and it is nearly extirpated in Central America. In Brazil, the harpy eagle is also known as royal-hawk (in Portuguese: gavião-real).
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Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Harpia harpyja

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
11
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
48
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 23.1056
EDGE Score: 3.87559
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  14.165 lbs (6.425 kg)
Female Weight [4]  16.535 lbs (7.50 kg)
Male Weight [4]  9.70 lbs (4.40 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [4]  70.5 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [3]  20 %
Diet - Endothermic [3]  80 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  40 %
Forages - Understory [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  10 %
Clutch Size [4]  2
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  4 months 25 days
Incubation [4]  56 days
Maximum Longevity [5]  17 years
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [6]  85
Snout to Vent Length [1]  38 inches (96 cm)
Wing Span [4]  6.166 feet (1.88 m)
Female Maturity [1]  4 years 11 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Emblem of

Panama

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Leopardus pardalis (Ocelot)3
Leopardus wiedii (Margay)1
Panthera onca (Jaguar)5
Spizaetus isidori (Black-and-chestnut Eagle)1
Spizaetus ornatus (Ornate Hawk-Eagle)1

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5de 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
♦ 6Buechley 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
♦ 7Animals of the Rainforest
♦ 8MAMMALIAN SPECIES 42(850):19–32 Bradypus variegatus (Pilosa: Bradypodidae) VIRGINIA HAYSSEN
♦ 9Choloepus hoffmanni (Pilosa: Megalonychidae), VIRGINIA HAYSSEN, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 43(873):37–55 (2011)
♦ 10Potos flavus, Linda S. Ford and Robert S. Hoffman, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 321, pp. 1-9 (1988)
♦ 11Tamandua tetradactyla (Pilosa: Myrmecophagidae), VIRGINIA HAYSSEN, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 43(875):64–74 (2011)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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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