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Crested Eagle
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Birds of prey & vultures

Crested Eagle

Morphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800)

NT Near ThreatenedOn Suriname's list of threatened fauna

Names

EnglishCrested Eagle
DutchWurgarend
SpanishÁguila crestada
Chinese冠雕
Sranan Tongoaka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameMorphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800)

About this species

The crested eagle (Morphnus guianensis) is a large neotropical eagle, the only member of the genus Morphnus. The crested eagle can grow up to 89 cm (35 in) long, with a wingspan up to 176 cm (69 in), and weigh up to 3 kg (6.6 lb). The plumage varies between a light brownish-gray to sooty gray or even blackish in some cases. It has a white throat and a dark spot on the crest and a small dark mask across the eyes. It ranges extensively throughout Central and South America, but not in large numbers, favoring tropical lowland forest. A powerful predator, its diet consist mainly of small mammals, rodents, snakes and smaller birds. Despite their large distribution, they are currently classified as Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, due mainly to habitat loss

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderAccipitriformes
FamilyAccipitridae
GenusMorphnus

In Suriname

23Records in Suriname
1940First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini5
  • Para4
  • Brokopondo2
  • Nickerie2
  • Commewijne1
  • Marowijne1
  • Paramaribo1
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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