Harpy Eagle
by Ken Stanback
Title
Harpy Eagle
Artist
Ken Stanback
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja
A top-of-the-food chain predator, this enormous bird is not abundant anywhere in its vast range from the Mexican States of Veracruz and Oaxaca south to Argentina, Bolivia, and Southern Brazil. A specialist in eating sloths and monkeys, it depends on extensive forest, so is considered Near-Threatened due to habitat loss. Females may exceed 20 pounds in weight. Probably kept by Montezuma, it was displayed in Europe as early as 1778. The first successful captive breeding did not occur until 1981. The female displayed at the DWA hatched at the San Diego Zoo.
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April 8th, 2013
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Comments (4)
Ken Stanback
Thanks for your comments, not many people get a chance to see this huge bird up close like this.
Nicole Jean-Louis
Sumptuous attire flanked with an affected demeanor!! He looks spectacular! Fantastic snapshot!!! I will gaze at him all the time. V/f
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