Aquila audax

Wedge-tailed Eagle at Paddys River, ACT

Aquila audax at Paddys River, ACT - 31 Dec 2014
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Identification history

Aquila audax 15 Mar 2016 MichaelBedingfield
Aquila audax 14 Mar 2016 JohnBundock

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When driving into Tidbinbilla NR, a wedgetail came down with a still alive but faintly struggling sulphur-crested cockie and parked itself in a tree by the road, where it posed for photos before flying off.

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Species information

  • Aquila audax Scientific name
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1819.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 1206 images trained Machine learning
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  • Ngunnawal language

    Maliyan
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