Characteristics and Role of Eagles

Characteristics and Role of Eagles generally refers to the various birds of prey in the genus Eagle. There are fifty-nine species of eagles around the world, which scientists have categorized into four main groups. So, do you know what are the characteristics and roles of eagles, let's take a look together.

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Physical characteristics:

Eagles generally refer to a variety of birds in the genus Eagle. There are fifty-nine species of eagles around the world, which scientists categorize into four main groups. Generally speaking, eagles in the same group are very similar, such as: body shape is very similar or eat similar food; but the same group of eagles also have obvious differences, such as: body size, feather color and structure.

Eagles are found on every continent on Earth except Antarctica, in deserts, jungles, swamps, woods, mountains, and seashores. All eagles hunt during the day and rest at night. Wild eagles live about twenty years, and bred eagles can live forty years.

Habits:

Eagles are a carnivorous taxon, usually foraging in canyons. The difference between eagles and birds in general is that eagles belong to the raptor category and birds in general belong to the omnivorous category. Eagles are aggressive and carnivorous, feeding on birds, mice, and other small animals; some species prefer carcasses, such as vultures.

The two wings are developed, good at flying, generally more active in the daytime. Most perched in the mountains or plains, such as hawks, sparrowhawks (harriers) and so on. Eagles in the eagle body stout, wings and tail feathers long and broad, fan wings slower, often in the mountains near the high altitude circling soaring, can prey on rabbits, snakes and other small animals such as young animals and other large mammals, but also addicted to eating rodents. China's common species are golden eagle and eagle.

Expanded:

Historically, hunting with eagles was known as eagle hunting. Sima Qian in the "Records of the Grand Historian" has recorded that before the Qin Dynasty Chancellor Li Si was executed, he still thought of "holding a yellow dog, the arm of the eagle, out of the east gate of Shangcai" life. It can be seen, then the eagle hunting has been one of the main fun activities of the nobles. Eagle hunting used by many types of eagles, mainly in our country is the eagle, this eagle body shape elongated, male eagle body length of 0.5 meters, female eagles than male eagles, about 0.56 meters.

According to evidence, eagle hunting first originated in the East, 721 ~ 705 BC Assyria (northern Mesopotamia's kingdom, in today's northern Iraq) King Sargon II on the throne there will be eagle hunting activities. Later, Western traders, adventurers and crusaders on the Eastern campaigns learned the art of falconry in the East and introduced it to the European continent. At first, falconry was a pastime reserved for the privileged class, but in the 17th century, it became popular among the general public, and in 1770, the world's first falconer's association was founded in England.

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Eagles are characterized by good eyesight, long life, carnivorous, breeding like to fly in the air and chirping. Eagles are usually active at night, mostly inhabiting the mountains, forests and plains. Eagle's eyes are particularly sharp, human eyes to see 20 meters away from the bugs is a difficult thing, but for the eagle is very easy, eagles can even see 100 meters away from the bugs. Because the eagle's eye retina on the 'cone cells are particularly large, vision than the human vision sharp 8 times.

Eagles in different contexts refer to different organisms, often referring to small to medium-sized daytime activity of the falconiformes, in comparison with eagles, falcons, lords and other raptors, especially referring to species of the subfamily of eagles. In the Atlas of Chinese Animals, it refers specifically to the black-eared kite, a subspecies of the black kite in the genus Kite of the subfamily Eagle.

The eagle is widely distributed, widely distributed in all continents of the world. The main distribution area of the eagle in China is Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, Qinghai and southern Shaanxi Ankang, Shangluo and other mountains and thick forests are distributed. In the animal world, eagle is the general name of a family, divided into many different species. It has sharp eyes and can see thousands of meters or more. Oviparous, thermostatic animals.

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Body length 600 mm, wing length 475 mm, tail length 305 mm, although 60 mm, weighing about 830 grams. The upperparts are dark brown with brown feathering from the top of the head to the shoulders. The tail is forked with dark brown spots. Thorax, epigastrium and ribs with black and brown pinnae.

The underparts are brownish-brown, with great variation in plumage color. Adults have dark brown underparts, with white spots on the inner wings when flying. Juvenile head and ventral surface covered with longitudinal stripes. Ear feathers brown, cheeks and throat white, covered with brown dry lines, eyes dark brown, beak horny. Feet brown, claws black.

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Natural Enemies of Eagles

Pachycephalins are a family of birds in the order Pachycephalinae, and there are more than 60 species of Pachycephalins in the family Pachycephalinae, and Pachycephalins are one of them. According to statistics, there are more than 400 different species of Muscapachin in the world, mainly in North and South America.

The size of the bird varies from one bird to another, with the smallest being the Black-topped Jaguar, which is only about 6 centimeters long, and the largest, the Great Shrike, which is only about 30 centimeters long. In terms of data, the smallest of the hawks, the White-legged Kestrel, is close to 20 centimeters, and most of the other hawks are more than 50 centimeters long.

The small size of the bird's body makes it more flexible, and the bird's beak is so sharp that it can easily peck through the fur of most animals, which makes it a headache for eagles. The eagle's size is too big to fly in the mountains and forests, but the bird of prey is different, it can travel freely in the dense forest, and its usual means is to fly directly to the head of the prey, and peck out the brain with its sharp beak.