Talk:Wedge-tailed eagle

Photographs
In case this is of interest to future editors, the best photographs of wedge-tailed eagles that I've found on the Internet are:


 * In flight: http://gallery.tlvhost.net/images/CRW_3639.jpg
 * Closeup: http://www.justbirds.org/Australia/Wedge-tailed%20eagle.jpg
 * Scale: http://www.lobsterdevil.com/australia/wildlife/Graphics/raptor/eagle_man.jpg

Arrawa
Who uses the name Arrawa? I've never heard of it and can find no references to it on the internet besides Wikipedia. --Ptcamn 16:05, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Britain's Top Woman Paraglider Attacked by Eagles Mid-Flight
"The wedge-tailed eagles are Australia’s largest bird of prey and are among the world’s biggest eagles. They swoop upon sheep and have wing spans of more than 7 1/2 feet." Crocoite 23:34, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Taxonomic status of Aquila audax
This paper looks interesting:

as does this... 

cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:04, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Looks like this book:


 * Brown, L.H., Amadon, D., 1968. Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World. Country Life Books, London.

is the one that hihlighted a close relationship so would be good to find though is a bit old. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:27, 16 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I can add the pdf above is a fascinating read! cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

So can we use this to back up the statement? David Sher (talk) 00:57, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh, also, wouldn't that book be too old to talk about super-families? David Sher (talk) 00:57, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Totemic
In Victoria the Eagle is totemic for many or all Kulin nation people, as Bunjil, the creator. I don't know if Bunjil is specifically a Wedge-tailed Eagle. See also Bunurong people.--Design (talk) 12:22, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Dogs as part of its diet?
My parents live in a wooded region and own a small poodle. Apparently, one of these birds was circling above the dog until it was taken inside the house. Do they eat small dogs? 115.64.118.162 (talk) 05:50, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

I had a 7 year old kelpie (medium sized dog - 30 kilograms) that I saved from a wedgie attack and escorted a kilometre throught the scrub with the eagle circling overhead so yes, they can take dogs. There was also an occasion when a 5 year old child was rescued from an eagle near Vivonne Bay in about 1999. He was clinging onto a tree with the eagle circling overhead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Euc (talk • contribs) 15:57, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Wedge tailed eagle
I Love wedge tailed eagles! They are SO interesting! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.148.117.110 (talk) 00:22, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

This article needs citations
I'm not a fan of adding "citation needed" tags to articles unless I've tried to find the information but this one is seriously unreferenced and I don't have time go through it all myself. I have however removed the bit about them seeing infrared as it seems to be untrue. Any interested editors should read Reference desk/Science and http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/30796/is-this-comparison-of-wedge-tailed-eagles-and-bald-eagles-accurate Richerman    (talk) 16:46, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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Interspecific Relations Incomplete
The section on interspecific relations is incomplete. During the late Pleistocene before the mass extinction, wedge-tailed eagles had to compete with the vulture Cryptogyps and the giant eagle-like predator Dynatoaetus. I have seen it suggested that when those birds were extant, the wedge-tailed eagle's niche must have been narrower. This is interesting enough to include in the article. (Please see articles on those extinct species for more info and sources) 2601:441:4900:A6E0:0:0:0:DE37 (talk) 00:26, 21 April 2023 (UTC)