contact@hobbyist.in
contact@hobbyist.in
The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. It was once considered to be closely related to the non-migratory tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific. They were split based on pronounced differences in morphology and anatomy; two molecular studies, each based on a very small number of genes, indicate that the species are distinct but disagree over how closely related they are
Scientific Name : Aquila nipalensis
Family : Accipitridae
Order : Accipitriformes
Class : Aves
Type : Hawks, Kites And Eagles
Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
Size : 62 – 81
Compare Size : Kite +
Wingspan : 100 - 215
Weight : 2300 – 4900
Migratory : Migrant
Sex Alike : Yes
Nesting Season : 1 – 3 eggs
Other Names :
Marathi : नेपाळी गरुड
Habitat:
open dry habitats, such as desert, semi-desert, steppes, or savannah
Feeding:
largely fresh carrion of all kinds, but it will kill rodents[8] and other small mammals up to the size of a hare, and birds up to the size of partridges. It
| Male & Female | |
|---|---|
| Upperparts | brown |
| Primaries | blackish |
| Secondaries | blackish |
| Tail | blackish |
| Throat | pale |
| Gape | gape line till end of of eye |
| Note : Mostly brown plumage; Females are slightly larger than males |
|
| Immature | |
|---|---|
| Note : less contrasted than adults |
