Little Eagle at suppressed
Identification history
| Hieraaetus morphnoides | 22 Oct 2023 | Liam.m | ||
| Hieraaetus morphnoides | 22 Oct 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Hieraaetus morphnoides | 22 Oct 2023 | BenW |
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Pale morph adult hunting over the ridgeline, and returning to the same dead tree on several occasions. Incredible views as it circled overhead, dived, patrolled low over the grasslands and perched in the tree in front of me.
3 comments
Illilanga
wrote:
4 Nov 2023
Great photos - thanks so much. Very helpful re ID for the Little Eagle research project. Just a small correction, this is a pale "dark morph" bird. The wings show the dark morph pattern, with a dark bar running across the wings. A light morph bird has a white bar in between a rufous bar on the shoulders and a dark bar on the bottom of the wings. Easy to mix them up when the bird has pale legs. :) See my sighting which shows both morphs: Hieraaetus morphnoides (Little Eagle)
BenW
wrote:
4 Nov 2023
Thanks for the correction - I just assumed it was a light morph because it was much paler than any other dark morphs I've seen.
Sighting information
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BenW Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Hieraaetus morphnoides Birds of prey Birds
Species information
- Hieraaetus morphnoides Scientific name
- Little Eagle Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 822.8m Recorded at altitude
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