Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) - HBW 2, p. 199
French: Aigle nain
German: Kaninchenadler
Spanish: Aguililla Australiana
Taxonomy: Aquila morphnoïdes Gould, 1841, Hunter River, New South Wales.
Genus sometimes merged with Aquila, but kept separate by most modern authorities. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- weiskei (Reichenow, 1900) - New Guinea.
- morphnoides (Gould, 1841) - Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female perched in a tree. Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia (ssp morphnoides)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2009 2 years ago 22 sec 4.4 -
An adult (light morph) perched in a tree, defecating and flying away Locality Fyshwick Sewage Ponds, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp morphnoides)
Nick Talbot 2 April 2005 5 years ago 12 sec 4.4 -
A male perched. Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia (ssp morphnoides)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2009 2 years ago 22 sec 4.2 -
An adult (light morph) perched in a tree Locality Fyshwick Sewage Ponds, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp morphnoides)
Nick Talbot 2 April 2005 5 years ago 11 sec 4.2 -
A bird in dark-morph, perching in a tree and raising crest Locality Fyshwick Sewage Ponds, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp morphnoides)
Nick Talbot 3 March 2006 3 years ago 35 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree with its prey in its claws and flying away Locality Waikerie, South Australia, Australia (ssp morphnoides)
Peter Waanders 13 February 2003 9 years ago 1 min 3 sec 4
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Little Eagle (pale morph) takeoff
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Chris Charles 19 September 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
A little Eagle perched.
Locality Lesmurdie, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 3 December 2012 24 weeks ago 4 -
A Little Eagle perched.
Locality Lesmurdie, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 4 October 2012 32 weeks ago 4 -
A Little Eagle in flight.
Locality Lesmurdie, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 4 October 2012 32 weeks ago 3.7 -
Little Eagle displaying tail feathers in flight.
Locality Lesmurdie, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nicholas Tomney 4 October 2012 32 weeks ago 3.5 -
Sentinel
Locality Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 6 August 2007 2 years ago 3.4
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Two birds calling while in flight. Locality Woodlands Historic Park, Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
(ssp morphnoides)
Nick Talbot 5 August 2012 41 weeks ago 0
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