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Wedge-tailed EagleAlternate name(s): Misnomer: "Eaglehawk*" Aboriginal name(s): Race "audax":
"bilyara", "wallardoo", "cooradilla", "curawura"/"kurrawurra",
"kilpara", "koothalla", "neeyangarra", "otella", "walowoona"
"mullian"/"maliyan"/"mollyan", "nompie", "woorawa", "wulde"
[gamilaraay, yuwaalaraay];
"mibany" [bundjalung];
"gurrijala" [ngadjon];
"bunjil" [kulin];
"woldja", "warlitj", "warlik", "warbako", "yelka" (WA)
Size: 90 cm - 1.1 m; wing span 1.8-2.5 m Weight: 3-5.75 kg (female); 2-4 kg (male) |
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Australian Magpies are very combative birds, certainly during their breeding season, and most certainly when somebody comes too close to their nest. An adult Wedge-tailed Eagle had to learn that lesson while we were watching.
Australian Magpie
hot on the heels of an adult Wedge-tailed Eagle, when it was
circling low near its nest site
[Near Barraba, NSW, September 2015]
The Australian Magpie
positioned itself above the tail of the mighty eagle...
[Near Barraba, NSW, September 2015]
... and then repeatedly tugged the eagle's tail feathers, a gesture
that was not much appreciated
[Near Barraba, NSW, September 2015]
