Facts and Features Of Eagle

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Falconiformes

Family: Accipitridae

Scientific Name: Hieraatus spilogaster

Type: Bird

Diet: Omnivore

Size (H): 40cm - 100cm (15.7in - 39.3in)

Wingspan: 70cm - 250cm (27.5in - 98in)

Weight: 0.5 kg - 7 kg (1.1 lbs - 15.4 lbs)

Maximum speed: 160 kmh (100 mph)

Life Period: 15 - 30 years

Lifestatus: Solitary

Conservation Status: Threatened

Color: Black, Gray, Brown, White, Yellow

Skin Type: Feathers

Favorite dish: Fish

Habitat: Open water such as rivers, lakes and coastal regions

Average Clutch Size: 2

Main Prey: fish, mammals, reptiles

Predators: Humans, Hawk, Raccoon

Distinguishing features: long curved beak and strong talons

The eagle is a large bird  of prey meaning that the eagle is one of the most dominant predators in the sky . Eagles are most commonly found in the northern hemisphere , including Europe , Asia and North America. Eagles are also found in Africa .

There are over 60 different species of eagle in the world with only 2 of these eagle species found in the U.S. and Canada. However, one of these species of eagle is the bald eagle . Despite its name the bald eagle has a head full of feathers, but his bright white bald eagle makes very different. The golden eagle is the only other eagle species found in the America.

The size of an eagle depends on the species of eagle. Eagles may vary in size from 40 cm to over 1 m in height. The wingspread  of an eagle tends to be at least double the body length. Eagles have feathers on the ends of the wings , which move up and down to help them during the flight.

Eagles are dominant predators and are known as birds of prey. Eagles feed on smaller birds and bats in the sky and small mammals and fish on the floor . The eagle is well known for its incredible view The sight of an eagle is so good that an eagle can apparently see a mouse on the ground when the eagle is still high in the sky.

The eagle is used as a symbol of many flags and emblems in the world ,  as it is believed to resemble an eagle power or good fortune. Eagles are dominant and ruthless predators in their environment ,so the eagles have few natural predators themselves . Eagles are more likely to be hunted by smaller animals when  even young and inexperienced so they are very vulnerable .

Female Eagles build their nests in the tops of tall trees or on high cliffs where within its safer. The mother eagle tends to put two eggs , which hatch after a month . In many species of eagle however, one of the eagle chicks is naturally a little stronger than the other , the stronger one  kills it's weaker siblling .

Eagles have adapted well to their  dominant predator life status . Not only eagles have exceptional views and are about to rise very rapidly through the air by a large bird but the eagles have sharp beaks and feet called talons. The eagle's beak is perfectly designed to extract the flesh away from the bones and talons of the eagle are so strong that the eagle is able to carry their prey in their feet until it reaches a safe place to eat .

Food information about Eagle

1. The eagle has adapted especially large feet , which are known as talons.
2. The eagle talons are powerful and strong and allow the eagle to catch their prey on the ground or in the water when the eagle is still in the air.
3. The talons of eagle are designed to carry prey through the air and are strong enough to hold onto a fish that weighs more than the eagle.
4. An eagle 's feet have four toes , and at the end of those toes are large and curved claws that allow the eagle to snag their prey .
5. The talons of an eagle baby are very short compared with the claws of an eagle adult , and it takes a few years for baby's feet to be fully sized eagle .

Teeth Facts of Eagle

1. Eagles have very sharp and pointed peaks the eagle often used to grasp prey .
2. The eagle uses the sharp beak to catch the animals at the base of his skull to kill them before swallowing them whole.
3. The Eagle has extremely strong and powerful beak , although rarely carries its prey in its beak for large distances.
4. The beak of an eagle is made of keratin , so it continues to grow , like hair and nails of a human being .
5. The eagle's beak is almost as long as the head of an eagle and the eagle uses the hook end of the beak for tearing prey that is too large to swallow whole .