Aquila coronata | Facts & Information

Origin

It should not be confused with Stephanoaetus coronatus coronatus, nor with the Poma Eagle, Oroaetus isidori, in many areas it receives the same name as the Harpy Eagle.

It prefers semi-open fields, Savanna, steppe or semi-forested areas. It rarely lives in low hills or swampy areas.

Fewer than 1,000 specimens estimated to exist are spread over an enormous area of 3,200,000 sq km, from San Salvador de Bahia to Neuguen in the south and Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the West. In Uruguay it probably disappeared.

Corona Eagle Feed

It is a predatory bird that feeds on mammals, rodents and fish.

Features Aquila Coronata

It is very large (the largest of today's Eagles), the female reaching 80-85 cm and the male at 75-79 cm long.

It has very long and wide wings and very short tail. The head is gray in color with a large crest. Grey-Grey back and grey belly with grey dots.

The wings are grey, darker than the body and tipped black. The tail is dark, with a whitish stripe down the middle and black tip.

The beak is black and the face yellow, as are the legs. The plumage of young individuals is more grayish, with a darker back, head, neck and whitish belly with gray lines.

Aquila Coronata Breeding

Live alone or in pairs. It builds a nest in tall trees with large branches, forming a solid base, which it coats with grass and flakes.

The female lays only one egg, white in color, sprinkled with gray and ocher dots.

It is threatened by poaching, destruction of areas where it lives and the use of pesticides. The exact population is unknown, but it is thought to be between 250 and 1000 specimens in decline.

It is a protected species.