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A stunning illustration of a powerful Australian Wedge Tail Eagle

Wedge Tail Eagle

Portrait of a female Australian Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax. Renmark, South Australia. The Wedge-tailed Eagle is the largest bird of prey in Australia with a wing span of 182 and 233 cm (72 and 92 in), the males being a little smaller. This eagle's great length and wingspan place it among the largest eagles in the world but its wings, at more than 65 cm (26 in) each, and tail, at 45 cm (18 in), are both unusually elongated for its body weight and 8-9 other eagle species regularly outweigh it. Canon 500D, Tamron 18-270mm lens (Featured in The World as we See it, or as we Missed it, & Other Groups.) They are highly aerial, soaring for hours on end without wingbeat or effort, regularly reaching 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) and sometimes ...

Always a wonder to see these beauties flying over head. Brings me peace, brings me present. Connects me to land.

This is about as close as you would want to get to a Wedge Tail Eagle - that beak could do some damage! Taken at the Flight Arena at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

A young bird sitting up a tree watching where Mum was going

Wedgie

Retro wedge tail eagle.

Australian Birds - Illustrated