Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) Science Article 1 abstract I recorded a Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) while conducting an environmental impact assessment with the Instituto de Historia Natural de Chiapas, Mexico, for construction of the highway from Sayula, Veracruz to Ocozocoautla, Chiapas. My sighting was made on 12 March 1991 about 17:00 h, at the Reserva […]
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FORAGING ECOLOGY OF REINTRODUCED CAPTIVE-BREDSUBADULT HARPY EAGLES (HARPIA HARPYJA) ON BARROCOLORADO ISLAND, PANAMA
Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) Science Article 3 abstract A male and female Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja), both reintroduced captive-bred subadults,were observed on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama for 89 and 205 days, respectively, between June 1999 and August 2000. The male captured 25 individuals from nine different mammalian species and the female captured 46 individuals […]
Nesting of the Harpy Eagle (Thrasaetusharphyia)
Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) Science Article 2 abstract One of the most interesting results of an expedition to northeastern Brazil, taken by the writer in conjunctionw ith Mr. Rodolphe M. de Schauenseed uring the late winter and spring of 1926, was the discovery of a nest of the Harpy Eagle (Thrasaetush arpyia), about three miles […]
Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)
[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Harpia harpyja | [authority] Linnaeus, 1758 | [UK] Harpy Eagle | [FR] Harpie feroce | [DE] Harpyie | [ES] Arpia Mayor | [NL] Harpij Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Harpia have short wings for speed and maneuverability. They weave in and out of the trees […]