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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 |
Sex unknown |
Frontal view of an adult Little Eagle perched in a dead tree
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Cullyamurra Waterhole, near Innamincka, SA, July 2015]
Frontal view of a 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 Little Eagle perching in a Currajong tree
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, January 2014]
Near-lateral view of a Little Eagle perching in a Currajong tree
[Deriah Aboriginal Area, NSW, January 2014]
Lateral/ventral view of a Little Eagle about to depart
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Cullyamurra Waterhole, near Innamincka, SA, July 2015]
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]
Frontal/ventral view of a Little Eagle in-flight - note the
conspicuous "pantaloons"
(photo courtesy of
V. Collins)
[Narrabri, NSW, May 2021]
Near-frontal view of a Little Eagle in-flight
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bedourie, QLD, August 2022]
Near-frontal view of a Little Eagle in-flight
[Eulah Creek, NSW, April 2009]
Near-frontal/ventral view of a Little Eagle in-flight
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bedourie, QLD, August 2022]
Near-lateral view of a soaring Little Eagle
[Eulah Creek, NSW, April 2009]
Not often seen - distant view of the upperwing pattern of a
light-morphology Little Eagle
[Near Bellata, NSW, November 2015]
Lateral view of a Little Eagle in-flight, harassing a female
Swamp Harrier
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Bedourie, QLD, August 2022]
Lateral/ventral view of a Little Eagle in flight
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Cullyamurra Waterhole, near Innamincka, SA, July 2015]
Lateral/ventral view of a Little Eagle in flight
[Eulah Creek, NSW, April 2009]
Lateral/ventral view of a Little Eagle in flight
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay South, East Gippsland, VIC, April 2015]
Little Eagle seen from underneath (click on image to see how a
White-breasted
Woodswallow is harassing the bird)
[Eulah Creek, NSW, September 2010]
Dorsal view of a Little Eagle in-flight
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay South, East Gippsland, VIC, April 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; click on photo to also see a
Wedge-tailed Eagle
[Mt. Kaputar NP,
NSW, September 2019]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Juvenile Little Eagle on a fence post
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay South, East Gippsland, VIC, November 2015]
Juvenile Little Eagle banking to land on a fence post
(photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay South, East Gippsland, VIC, November 2015]
Juvenile Little Eagle soaring
(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.