Crowned Solitary Eagle

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Crowned Solitary Eagle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.) Family: Accipitridae Genus: Harpyhaliaetus Species: H. coronatus
Binomial name
Harpyhaliaetus coronatus (Vieillot, 1817)

The Crowned Solitary Eagle (Harpyhaliaetus coronatus), typically known simply as the Crowned Eagle (leading to potential confusion with the African Stephanoaetus coronatus) is an endangered bird of prey from eastern and central South America. The Crowned Solitary Eagle lives in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. It tends to live in open woodland and marshland. It is a predator, and it preys on small mammals, reptiles (snakes), fish, monkeys, and occasionally birds.

[edit] References

• BirdLife International (2004). Harpyhaliaetus coronatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is endangered
• BirdLife Species Factsheet