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.  Please comment and share your thoughts.