Presentation on Eagle
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The document presents an assignment on eagles, highlighting their unique characteristics, such as solitary flight, strong vision, and preference for live prey. It outlines the scientific classification of eagles, their physical features, monogamous nesting habits, and diverse distribution across various geographic regions. Specific species, including various sea and snake eagles, are described along with their diets and habitats.
Presentation on Eagle
- 1. An Assignment On Eagle Submitted by Abu Zubayer Tanzin Roll:14/27
- 2. Eagle • 7 facts about eagle • Eagles fly alone at a high altitude and do not mix with sparrows or other smaller birds like geese, ravens or pigeons. • Eagles possess vision. They have a strong vision, which focuses up to 5 kilometers from the air in detail. • Eagles only eat live food. • The eagle is the only bird that loves the storm • An Eagle always tests before it trusts. • Eagles prepare for training. • Eagles find a place of renewal.
- 3. Scientific classification • Kingdom: animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Aves • Order: Accipitriformes • Family: Accipitridae • More than 60 species are present
- 4. • Eagle large, heavy beaked and big footed prey belongs to the family Accipitridae. • In general it is called bird of prey, more powerful than a buteo • Heavy heads and beaks • Broad wing. Aerodynamic features • Most eagle are larger than any other raptor except some vultures • Heavy beak than other prey. Large and hooked for ripping flesh • Strong and muscular leg and powerful talons • Eagle eyes are extremely powerful.Twice as long as a human eye. • Visual acuity .0 to 3.6 times of humans • It enables them to spot a potential prey from a very long distance • Large pupil which ensure diffraction of the incoming light • Female are larger than male Characteristics
- 5. • Eagles are monogamous.They mate for life and use the same nest each year.They tend to nest in inaccessible places, incubating a small clutch of eggs for six to eight weeks.The young mature slowly, reaching adult plumage in the third or fourth year.
- 6. Distribution • Australasian • Australia: wedge -tailed eagle (range extends into southern New Guinea), white-bellied sea-eagle (range extends into Asia), little eagle. • New Guinea: Papuan eagle, white-bellied sea-eagle, pygmy eagle. • Nearctic (USA and Canada): golden eagle (also found in Palearctic), bald eagle. • Neotropical (Central and South America): Spizaetus (four species), solitary eagles (two spp.), harpy eagle, crested eagle, black- chested buzzard-eagle. • Palearctic
- 7. Divided into 4 groups • Fish eagles:Take fish as a large part of diet • Booted eagles:True eagle have feathered tarsi • Snake eagles: Adapted for hunting reptiles • Harpy eagles: Giant forest eagle inhabit tropical forests. 2-6 species
- 8. • Sub family: Harpiinae • large, powerful, crested eagles of the tropical forests of South America and the South Pacific.They nest • in the tops of the tallest trees and hunt macaws, monkeys, and sloths. • 1 meter (3.3 feet) long and bears a crest of dark feathers on its head. Its body is black above and white below except for a black chest band • Hunt carnivore snakes, jaguars and the much smaller ocelot. tree-dwelling mammals, sloth, monkey • Additional : reptiles such as iguanas, tejus, and snakes Harpy Eagle
- 9. The Harrier Eagle • The harrier eagles, six species of Circaetus (subfamily Circaetinae, serpent eagles), of Europe, Asia, and Africa, are about 60 cm (24 inches) long and have short unfeathered legs.They nest in the tops of trees and hunt snakes.
- 10. The Sea Eagle/ Fish Eagle • Sub species: Haliaeetus • Haliaeetus is possibly one of the oldest genera of living birds • Vary in size average 2.0-2.7 kg to huge Steller's sea eagle(2 m wingspan) weighing up to 9 kg • 10 living species • The tail is entirely white in adult Haliaeetus species except for Sanford's, White-bellied, and Pallas’s
- 11. Booted Eagle • medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia, with a small, disjunct breeding population in south-western Africa. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. • Small eagle. Male 510-770g and female 840-1025g • Length 40 cm and a wingspan of 11-132 cm
- 12. Snake Eagle • Sub family: Circaetinae • medium to large broad-winged species • feeding on snakes and other reptiles • All but one of the subfamily are restricted to warmer parts of the Old World: Spilornis and Pithecophaga in south Asia, the others in Africa.The short-toed eagle Circeatus gallicus migrates between temperate Eurasia and Africa, as well as being resident in India. • They have hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs and powerful talons.They also have extremely keen eyesight to enable