Wedge-tailed Eagle

• GeneralAustralia's largest raptor, with a 2.3 m wingspan; it will take young kangaroos.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Desert, savannah and open eucalypt woodland

Size at birth

The chicks fly between 75 and 95 days and go on depending on their parents for another 3 to 6 months before dispersing

Sexual maturity

4.5 years

Gestation / incubation

42-45 days of incubation, averaging 43; it starts with the first egg, so the chicks do not hatch together

Litter / clutch size

1-3 eggs, exceptionally 4; the average is two in A. a. audax and one in A. a. fleayi

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Aquila audax

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.