Harpy eagle

This article is about the harpy eagle of the Americas. For the harpy eagle of New Guinea, see Papuan eagle.

Harpy eagle
Temporal range: Holocene - Recent[1]
At the Parque das Aves in the Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Harpiinae
Genus: Harpia
Vieillot, 1816
Species:
H. harpyja
Binomial name
Harpia harpyja
The harpy eagle is rare throughout its range, which extends from Mexico to Brazil (throughout its territory)[4] and Argentina (only the north). (note: map distribution in Trinidad and Tobago and ABC islands is erroneous)
Synonyms
  • Vultur harpyja Linnaeus, 1758

The harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) is a large neotropical species of eagle. It is also called 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.[5] It is the largest bird of prey throughout its range,[6] 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 from much of Central America. The genus Harpia, together with Harpyopsis, Macheiramphus and Morphnus, form the subfamily Harpiinae.

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  2. ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Harpia harpyja". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22695998A197957213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22695998A197957213.en. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. ^ "Aves de Rapina BR | Gavião-Real (Harpia harpyja)". avesderapinabrasil.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  5. ^ Tingay, Ruth E.; Katzner, Todd E. (23 February 2011). Rt-Eagle Watchers Z. Cornell University Press. pp. 167–. ISBN 978-0-8014-5814-9. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  6. ^ The illustrated atlas of wildlife. University of California Press. 2009. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-520-25785-6.