Wedge-tailed eagle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the wedge-tailed eagle lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Aquila audax
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	143 g (birth weight); 3.13 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.81 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the wedge-tailed eagle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the wedge-tailed eagle in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a wedge-tailed eagle?

Wikidata records the following for the wedge-tailed eagle: mass 143 g (birth weight); 3.13 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.81 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the wedge-tailed eagle endangered?

The wedge-tailed eagle’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the wedge-tailed eagle?

The wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Aquila. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the wedge-tailed eagle

The wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) is the largest bird of prey in the continent of Australia. It is also found in southern New Guinea to the north and is distributed as far south as the state of Tasmania. Adults of the species have long, broad wings, fully feathered legs, an unmistakable, wedge-shaped tail, an elongated upper mandible, a strong beak, and powerful feet. The wedge-tailed eagle is one of 12 species of large, predominantly dark-coloured booted eagles in the genus Aquila found worldwide. Genetic research clearly has indicated that the wedge-tailed eagle is fairly closely related to other, generally large members of the Aquila genus. A large, brown-to-black bird of prey, it has a maximum reported wingspan of 2.84 m (9 ft 4 in) and a length up to 1.06 m (3 ft 6 in).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Wedge-tailed eagle (revision 1381468013), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q752465 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).