#1470 · 🐦 birds

Harpy Eagle

🇳🇱 Harpij ·Harpia harpyja

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
2. © Scott Buckel · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
4. © Sidnei Dantas · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Stephen Cresswell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
7. © Luciano Massa · CC BY 4.0
8. © Jiang Chunsheng · CC BY 4.0
9. © Santi MD · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The harpy eagle ( Harpia harpyja ) is a neotropical species of eagle. It is also called the American harpy eagle to distinguish it from the Papuan eagle, which is sometimes known as the New Guinea harpy eagle or Papuan harpy eagle. It is the largest and most powerful raptor found in the rainforest, and among the largest extant species of eagles in the world. It usually inhabits tropical lowland rainforests in the upper (emergent) canopy layer. Destruction...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,675iNaturalist observations
weight 7.5 kgadult, up to
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,675 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 7.5 kg.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.