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Large birds of prey. It is 76 to 102 cm long, has a wingspan of 2.3 meters, and weighs 2 to 6.5 kg. The body feathers are mainly chestnut brown.
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Chinese alias: Golden Eagle, Old Eagle, White eagle (baby bird)
English name: Golden eagle
Latin scientific name
: Aquila chrysaetos
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Aquila
Species: Golden Eagle A. chrysaetos
When immature, the head and neck feathers are yellowish brown; Except for the outermost three primary feathers, all the feathers have white patches at the base; The tail feathers are grayish white, the apex black brown, and when grown, the wings and tail feathers are not white; The feathers on the top of the head are deepened and golden-brown. Mouth dark brown, base blue. Toes and claws yellow.
The mouth is large and strong, the head is dark brown, the hindneck is russet, the shoulder feathers are light and russet, the tip of the overlying feathers on the tail is dark brown, the base of the feathers is dark brown, with dark spots, the tip of the tail feathers is black, the rest is gray brown. The inner part of the feather is gray near the base, with wide, irregular black stripes,
Secondary feather
It is a marble color, and half of the feather base is grayish white. Underbody dark brown.
The white eagle is a resident bird with a wide distribution throughout Eurasia, Japan, North America and northern Africa. The range of distribution in China is also very large, including northeast, North China, northwest, southwest, and local areas of southeast. The golden eagle is divided into 5 subspecies in the world, and there are 2 subspecies in China, among which the Canadian subspecies is distributed in northeast Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and other places, and those distributed in other areas belong to the Central Asian subspecies, and some of them may be travelers or winter migratory birds.
It inhabits alpine grasslands and coniferous forest areas, and plains are rare. Ferocious and strong, hunting pigeon, pigeon, pheasant, quail, hare, and even young musk deer. Breeding period in February to March, more nests in the difficult to climb the cliffs of the big trees, each clutch lays 1 to 2 eggs, blue white, with varying sizes of deep russet markings. The incubation period is 44 to 45 days, both sexes participate in brooding, and the chicks leave the nest for 77 to 80 days.
Flying speed is very fast, often along a straight line or circle glide in the sky. The nest is built on the cliff which is difficult to climb, and the nest material is mainly composed of the roots and branches of cushion plants, which are paved with grass, fur, down and so on. The golden eagle mainly preys on large birds and small and medium-sized mammals, such as red duck, bar-headed geese, fish gulls, snow chickens, and mammals such as young sheep, Tibetan antelope, pika, rabbit, weasel, Tibetan fox, and sometimes preys on domestic animals and poultry. Golden eagle is a precious bird of prey and plays a very important role in the alpine grassland ecosystem. It's rare, and because of its feathers
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Expensive, especially in need of protection. The adult bird has a body length of 76 to 103 cm, a wingspan of more than 230 cm, and a weight of 2 to 6.5 kg. The legs of the golden eagle are all covered with feathers, and the feet are three toes forward and one toe backward. On the toes are thick and long horny claws as sharp as a liger, and the claws on the inner and back toes are sharper. When it catches its prey, its claws are able to Pierce the vital parts of the prey at the same time like a sharp blade, tearing flesh, tearing blood vessels, and even breaking the neck of the prey. Its huge wings are also one of its powerful weapons, and sometimes a fan will pass, and it can knock prey to the ground.
They usually act alone or in pairs, sometimes in smaller groups in winter, but occasionally large groups of about 20 individuals may gather to catch larger prey. During the day, it is common to rest on the tops of rocky cliffs in high mountains, as well as tall trees in open areas, or hunt in desert hills, cemeteries, shrugs and other places. It is good at soaring and gliding, often hovering in a straight line or circle in the high air, while looking down at the ground to find prey, with two wings raised in a "V" shape, with soft and flexible changes in the wings and tail to adjust the direction of flight, height, speed and flight posture. After finding the target, it often falls from the sky with a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, and stops the flapping wings at the last moment, and then firmly grabs the head of the prey, jabbing its claws into the skull of the prey, making it immediately lose its life. It preys on dozens of species of prey, such as geese and ducks, pheasants, squirrels, roe deer, deer, goats, foxes, marmots, hares, etc., and sometimes eats mice and other small animals. After training, the golden eagle can chase the Wolf long distance on the grassland, and when the Wolf is tired, one claw grabs its neck, one claw grabs its eyes, so that the Wolf loses the ability to resist, there has been a golden eagle has captured 14 wolves. In contrast, its carrying capacity is poor, with a load capacity of less than 1 kg. When the larger prey is caught, it is dismembered on the ground, and the good meat and internal parts such as the heart, liver, and lungs are eaten first, and then the rest is divided into two parts and brought back to the roost place in batches.
In addition to hunting, the Kazakh golden eagles are trained to guard sheep pens. They chase away wolves on the Kazakh grasslands in Xinjiang. When looking at the corral, there is no shepherd around!
In the world's zoos, there is no artificial breeding of a golden eagle, because this bird is the most yearning for freedom and love, they disdain artificial adaptations, and even in the zoo to hit the cage and fight to death.
It belongs to the first class of national protected animals.
