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Wedge-tailed Eagle

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q752465
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Summary

Wedge-tailed Eagle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,681 views/month, #933 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Aquila[5]
  • Taxon name: Aquila audax[6]
  • Commons category: Aquila audax[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aquila audax[8]
  • Commons gallery: Aquila audax[9]
  • Short name: A. audax[10]
  • Taxon common name: eryr cynffon lletem[11], Wedge-tailed Eagle[12], Keilschwanzadler[13], Águila audaz[14], àguila audaç[15], orel klínoocasý[16], kiilsaba-kotkas[17], Kilehaleørn[18], Клинохвостый орёл[19], オナガイヌワシ[20], kiilapyrstökotka[21], ékfarkú sas[22], orzeł australijski[23], orol klinochvostý[24]
  • Wingspan: 207 cm[25]
  • Mass: 143 g[26], 3.13 kg[27], 3.81 kg[28]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[29]
  • Litter size: 2[30]
  • Egg incubation period: 45 day[31]

Body

Identifiers

Wedge-tailed Eagle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 5080[32]. Wedge-tailed Eagle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8961[33]. Wedge-tailed Eagle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1048462[34]. Wedge-tailed Eagle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5229181[35]. Wedge-tailed Eagle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 175410[36].

Why It Matters

Wedge-tailed Eagle has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Topic's main category → Category:Aquila audax
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    Taxon rank → species
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