Some interesting facts about Eagle that you may not know.

Eagle as a bird

Eagles are admired all over the word as a living symbol of power, freedom and surpasses beyond usual. They belong to the family of Accipitridae. They are carnivores type of bird, have a life span of about 34 years. They cover a wide range region of New Zealand and Antarctica. Their habitat includes arboreal and aquatic. Eagle has about 50-60 species still existing.

Features of Eagle

· They can be differentiated from other birds by their larger size, very much powerful body ( strong),, heavier beaks and head. Eagles are very much larger than any other birds except vultures

· They possess unusual eyes that is large in size to their heads with very large pupils.

· The eyes of Eagles have about million light-sensitive cells per square of their retina which is 5x more than man’s two thousand light sensitive cells. Man’s eyes sees only 3 basic colors while Eagles see 5. This feature made them to spot between camouflage prey and real prey from a long distance. This is to say that Eagles have a good eyesight.

· Female Eagles are very much heavier than the male Eagles (about 30% heavier). They weigh:

Female:10-12 pounds.

Male: 7-8 pounds.

· The raptors’ sexual size dimorphism is most driven by different gender roles.

· The eggs are large in size, and white in colour.

· Life span is about 34 or 35 years.

· They capture their prey with their talons and then clip the vertebral cord with bill.

The Talon

· Insufficient supply of food causes domain (dominance) hierarchy amongst themselves. Parents do not stop them from killing each other for food.
· The egg possesses egg cups which prevents the egg from breaking.

· As it is, Eagles populations are reducing, as a result of habitat/home destruction and hunting by hunters.

· They feed on wide range of animals like; fish, birds, mammals and reptiles.

· The lining of nest of eagle is called bowl because of its shape.

· They have a very hard beak for killing their prey.

The Eagle’s Beak.
Some people call the Eagle King of birds, not only by its beauty but by its power above other birds.

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