Monday, March 5, 2012

>Hieraaetus morphnoides (Little Eagle)

 Little Eagle
Little Eagle
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Falconiformes
(or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:Accipitridae
Genus:Hieraaetus
Species:H. morphnoides
Binomial name
Hieraaetus morphnoides
(Gould, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Aquila morphnoides

Comparative morphology of Haast's Eaglewith its closest living relative the Little Eagle.
The Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides) is a very small eagle native to Australasia, measuring 45–55 cm (17–21.5 inches) in length and weighing 815 g (1.8 lb) – roughly the size of a Peregrine Falcon. It tends to inhabit open woodlandgrassland and arid regions, shunning dense forest. It is a near relative of both the Palearctic Booted Eagle and, remarkably, the massive but now extinctHaast's Eagle of New Zealand.

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