Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
New Guinea Eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) - HBW 2, p. 191
French: Aigle de Nouvelle Guinée
German: Papuaadler
Spanish: Arpía Papúa
Other common names: New Guinea Harpy Eagle, Kapul Eagle
Taxonomy: Harpyopsis novaeguineae Salvadori, 1875, Andai, Arfak Peninsula, New Guinea.
Traditionally considered to be related to Harpia and Pithecophaga, but possibly part of old endemic Australasian clade (see page 55). Monotypic.
Distribution: New Guinea.
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adult bird in captivity
Locality Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 30 August 2007 1 year ago 3.8 -
Male bird perched
Locality Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Johannes Pfleiderer 26 August 2008 2 years ago 3.7 -
A captive bird.
Locality Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia)
Pierre de Chabannes 1 August 2006 3 years ago 3.7 -
close-up of bird in captivity in Lae
Locality Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 30 August 2007 1 year ago 3 -
An adult perched.
Locality Antwerp Zoo, Antwerp Province, Belgium (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 December 1987 41 weeks ago 2.7
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