Slightly shorter wings and longer tail than congeners. Distinguished from A. Audax by yellow feet, rounded tail and lack of rufous in plumage. Juvenile shows shades of grey and brown, paler on underparts, distinction from juvenile A.audax as for adults.
Near-threatened.
Slightly shorter wings and longer tail than congeners. Distinguished from A. Audax by yellow feet, rounded tail and lack of rufous in plumage. Juvenile shows shades of grey and brown, paler on underparts, distinction from juvenile A.audax as for adults.
66-79.5 cm, female 3060 g.
Taxonomy:
- Aquila (? Heteropus) gurneyi G. R. Gray, 1860, Batjan (Bacan) Island, Moluccas. Sometimes transferred to genus Spizaetus on account of wing and tail proportions, but clearly an Aquila on plumage. Has been associated with possible A. chrysaetos superspecies. Monotypic. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
- New Guinea, W Papuan Is and Aru Is; also Moluccas, where recorded on Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Bacan and Ambon, and recently on Seram.
Lowland and hill primary forest and swamp forest, including littoral zone, forest edge and adjacent grasslands. From sea-level up to 2970 m.
Little known. Reportedly mammals.
Unknown. CITES II. Apparently low population densities.