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Small Eagles
Hieraaetus
The genus Hieraaetus, sometimes known as small eagles or hawk-eagles, denotes a group of smallish eagles usually placed in the accipitrid subfamilies Buteoninae or Aquilinae.
They are generally medium-sized birds of prey inhabiting Europe, Asia, Africa, New Guinea and Australia. However, a recently extinct species, the New Zealand Haast's eagle, was the largest eagle ever known, weighing up to 17 kg (37 lb), with a 3 m (9.8 ft) wingspan.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Booted Eagle
speciesHieraaetus pennatus
Wahlberg's Eagle
speciesHieraaetus wahlbergi
Little Eagle
speciesHieraaetus morphnoides
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
speciesHieraaetus ayresii
Pygmy Eagle
speciesHieraaetus weiskei
Haast's Eagle
speciesHieraaetus moorei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5148.