One of the 23 eagles on WAnimals
Birds · Accipitriformes · Accipitridae
Crested Eagle
Morphnus guianensis
Near Threatened
It could become threatened in the near future if current threats go unchecked.
The crested eagle is a large raptor of the rainforests of the Americas, a close relative of the harpy eagle but far more slender and with finer tarsi. It has a single erect crest and two colour morphs, pale and dark. It hunts small monkeys, opossums, birds and reptiles in the canopy and the understorey. It needs large expanses of continuous primary forest, and is one of the first species to disappear when the forest is fragmented.
Weight
1.7 kg – 3 kg
Size
71 cm – 89 cm
Life expectancy
25 years
