Aquila audax

2 Wedge-tailed Eagle at Kambah, ACT

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Identification history

	Aquila audax	4 Jul 2018	ChrisDavey
	Aquila audax	2 Jul 2018	KumikoCallaway

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It was on a dead branch. It sang a couple of times with soft long notes. I took a photo (no.3) when it was singing but stopped before I could record it. It was a gentle and soft song.

6 comments

MatthewFrawley wrote:

3 Jul 2018

I'd really like to hear a Wedge-tailed Eagle singing a gentle and soft song one day, not sure if it will ever happen. Sounds like a special moment.

Mike wrote:

3 Jul 2018

Museum Victoria Field Guide to Victorian Fauna (also ACT) has recording of Aquila audax but not the "gentle and soft" one. We should copy their guide and add calls for all birds and frogs.

KumikoCallaway wrote:

3 Jul 2018

I tried to find a recording of their soft calls on the internet but I could not find any recordings close to the one I heard. If I am ever granted the same opportunity, I will try to record it.
While I was searching recordings, I found information on their calls. Under 1.1 in the following website, it says 'Outside the breeding season, wedge-tailed eagles are usually silent, though they produce a range of specific, rather gentle calls'. http://www.environment.gov.au/resource/national-recovery-plan-wedge-tailed-eagle-1998-2003

HelenCross wrote:

24 Dec 2019

I took a video of a wedgie calling on McQuoids:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=-q59MixR2Z4

KumikoCallaway wrote:

2 Jan 2020

That's so nice of you recording its call. I cannot recall the exact sound anymore as it's 6 months ago, but I think that it was a similar sort :)
Thank you, Helen.

HelenCross wrote:

2 Jan 2020

Thanks Kumiko, that video was taken a couple of years ago. It was wonderful to hear it calling to its mate

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
2 Jul 2018 11:45 AM Recorded on
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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
1201 images trained Machine learning
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Ngunnawal language
Maliyan