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Little EagleSize: 45-55 cm; wing span 1.1-1.35 m Weight: 0.6-0.8 kg (male), 0.9-1.2 kg (female) |
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Photos |
Race "morphnoides"
Light morphology
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Frontal/ventral view of a male(?) Little Eagle in-flight - note the
scarcity of streaking down the front (and also the conspicuous "pantaloons")
(photo courtesy of
V. Collins)
[Narrabri, NSW, May 2021]
Near-frontal view of a male(?) Little Eagle in-flight
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bedourie, QLD, August 2022]
Near-frontal view of a male(?) Little Eagle in-flight
[Eulah Creek, NSW, April 2009]
Near-lateral view of a soaring male(?) Little Eagle; note the
sparcity of streaks down the chest
[Eulah Creek, NSW, April 2009]
Lateral view of a male(?) Little Eagle in flight, harassing a female
Swamp Harrier
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bedourie, QLD, August 2022]
Lateral/ventral view of a male Little Eagle in flight
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Cullyamurra Waterhole, near Innamincka, SA, July 2015]
Lateral/ventral view of a male(?) Little Eagle in flight
[Eulah Creek, NSW, April 2009]
Ventral view of a male(?) Little Eagle being harassed by a
White-breasted Woodswallow
[Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2010]
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FEMALE |
Frontal view of an adult female Little Eagle perched in a dead tree;
note the copious streaking down the front
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Cullyamurra Waterhole, near Innamincka, SA, July 2015]
Frontal view of a female Little Eagle perched in a dead tree, now with
its head turned (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Cullyamurra Waterhole, near Innamincka, SA, July 2015]
Near-frontal view of a female(?) Little Eagle perched in a Currajong tree
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, January 2014]
Near-lateral view of a femle(?) Little Eagle perched in a Currajong tree
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, January 2014]
Lateral/ventral view of a female Little Eagle about to depart
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Cullyamurra Waterhole, near Innamincka, SA, July 2015]
Near-frontal/ventral view of a female(?) Little Eagle in-flight
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bedourie, QLD, August 2022]
Lateral/ventral view of a female Little Eagle in-flight
[Mt. Kaputar NP,
NSW, September 2023]
Lateral/ventral view of a female(?) Little Eagle in flight
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay South, East Gippsland, VIC, April 2015]
Dorsal view of a female(?) Little Eagle in-flight
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay South, East Gippsland, VIC, April 2015]
Sex unknown |
Dorsal view of a Little Eagle looking back at the observer
[Yarrie Lake, near Wee Waa, NSW, January 2018]
Dorsal view of a Little Eagle looking back at the observer
[Yarrie Lake, near Wee Waa, NSW, January 2018]
Not often seen - distant view of the upperwing pattern of a
light-morphology Little Eagle
[Near Bellata, NSW, November 2015]
Little Eagle being mobbed by
Australian Ravens
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, April 2016]
Little Eagle being mobbed by 20-30
corvids (ravens and/or crows)
[Eulah Creek, NSW, October 2013]
This Little Eagle is being harassed by an
Australian Hobby
[20 km South of Narrabri, NSW, March 2016]
Little Eagle soaring high up in a thermal, with a
Wedge-tailed Eagle
nearby
[Mt. Kaputar NP,
NSW, September 2019]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Lateral view of a juvenile Little Eagle on a fence post
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay South, East Gippsland, VIC, November 2015]
Near-dorsal view of a juvenile Little Eagle banking to land on a fence post
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay South, East Gippsland, VIC, November 2015]
Near-lateral view of a soaring juvenile Little Eagle
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay South, East Gippsland, VIC, November 2015]
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Behaviour |
Social behaviour: Territorial | Mobility: Dispersive/sedentary | Elementary unit: Solitary |
Little Eagle getting in the way of a
Nankeen Kestrel
(photo courtesy of
V. Collins)
[Eulah Creek, NSW, March 2021]
Little Eagle getting in the way of a
Nankeen Kestrel
(photo courtesy of
V. Collins)
[Eulah Creek, NSW, March 2021]
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Food, Diet |
All raptors are carnivores. Little Eagles prey on mammals up to the size of possums and birds up to the size of ducks.
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Call(s)/Song |
For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own;
comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
leagle_20230902.mp3 | (NW NSW) | Contact call? female (+2 clicks) | © MD |
More Little Eagle sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.