Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

Gurney's Eagle (Aquila gurneyi)

French: Aigle de Gurney German: Molukkenadler Spanish: Aguila Moluqueña

Taxonomy: Aquila (? Heteropus) gurneyi G. R. Gray, 1860, Batjan (Bacan) Island, Moluccas.
Sometimes transferred to genus Spizaetus on account of wing and tail proportions, but clearly an Aquila on plumage. Has been associated with possible A. chrysaetos superspecies. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Guinea, W Papuan Is and Aru Is; also Moluccas, where recorded on Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Bacan and Ambon, and recently on Seram.