15 Largest and Biggest Eagles in the World
The Eagles are the most powerful raptor found on planet earth and few of them are among the largest extant species of eagles in the world. Among the eagles are some of the largest birds of prey and around sixty species of eagles are from Eurasia to Africa and Asia.
Top 15 largest bird of prey in the world are listed below and few other large bird of prey includes African hawk-eagle, Greater spotted eagle,Black Solitary Eagle and Eastern imperial eagle.
Philippine Eagle
The Philippine eagle is a brown and white-coloured bird of prey found in dense forests in the Philippines and considered the largest of the extant eagles in the world in terms of length followed by harpy eagle, Steller’s sea eagle and Wedge-Tailed Eagle. Image Source: NationalGeographic
Harpy Eagle
The harpy eagle is rarest and most powerful birds in the world,usually inhabits tropical lowland rainforests. Harpy Eagle is also known as the American harpy eagle and among the most powerful raptor found in the Americas. Image Source: IslandExpeditions
Wedge Tailed Eagle
The wedge-tailed eagle or EagleHawk is the largest bird of prey in Australia and one of the largest birds of prey in the world. Wedge-tails are spanning from the southern area of New Guinea to Australian region. Image Source: WikiPedia
Steller’s Sea Eagle
The Steller’s sea eagle is the large bird of prey in the world, lives in coastal northeastern Asia around the Sea of Okhotsk. Steller’s Sea Eagle is the heaviest eagle in the world followed by Philippine eagle and harpy eagle. Image Source:Pgcpsmess
Golden Eagle
The golden eagle is one of the best-known largest birds of prey in Northern Hemisphere and most widely distributed species of eagle in the world. Golden eagles are one of the most highly regarded birds used in falconry,a trained bird of prey. Image Source: SpatiaWildlife
Bald Eagle
The bald eagle is a big bird of prey found in North America of Canada and Alaska, near large bodies of open water. Bald eagle is both the national bird and national animal of the United States of America. Image Source:NationalGeography
Martial Eagle
The martial eagle is the largest eagle and bird of prey found in open and semi-open habitats of sub-Saharan Africa. Martial eagle is a very large eagle and the fifth heaviest eagle in the world. Image Source: GraemedouganPhotography
Crowned Eagle
The crowned eagle is a large bird of prey found in sub-Saharan Africa and its range of prey items are small ungulates, monkeys. Birds and large lizards.
White Tailed Sea Eagle
The White-tailed eagle is a large bird of prey and a close cousin of the bald eagle. White-tailed sea-eagle is a very large bird and very close to Steller’s sea eagle and bald eagle in both weight and total length. Image Source: WikiPedia
Verreaux’s Eagle
The African bird of prey, Verreaux’s eagle is also called the black eagle lives in hilly and mountainous regions of southern and eastern Africa and one of the most specialized species of accipitrid in the world. Image Source: OutdoorphotoCommunity
African Fish Eagle
The African fish eagle a large species of eagle that is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa and is the national bird of most of the african countries such as Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Sudan.
Papuan Eagle
The Papuan eagle or Papuan harpy eagle is one of the large bird of prey, a greyish brown raptor with a short full crest. New Guinea eagle is endemic to rainforests of New Guinea and top most predator of the island.
Indian Spotted Eagle
The Indian spotted eagle is a large bird of prey and belongs to the family of accipitridae,native to Indian subcontinent. Spotted eagle is the biggest Indian flying predator with wingspan about 60 cm in length.
Crested Eagle
The crested eagle is a large Neotropical eagle, distributed throughout the South America but found practically only in the Amazonian river basin. Crested eagles has long wingspan,a large head and bare legs. Image Source: Bookoflife
White Bellied Sea Eagle
The white-breasted sea eagle is a large diurnal bird of prey,found regularly from Mumbai to coastal Southeast Asia. white-breasted sea eagle resident from India and Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia to Australia on coasts. Image Souce: Pinimg
