Eagles are, without a doubt, the most impressive and fascinating birds that inhabit the skies. It seems that many people know a lot about their physical characteristics, but they don’t know as much about their diet and other details.
Despite being birds and they may seem like birds, very large, but just simple little birds, you have to know that they are birds with very strong jaws. Eagles are birds of prey that fly very fast, with very strong jaws and huge, wide wings.
We are only going to focus on talking to eagles because there are many more well-known species such as vultures and some can confuse them when flying, because they are not well appreciated.
Among many of the great virtues of this bird of prey, eagles have super sharp eyesight. A clear example is that they can see their prey many kilometers away. Combined with their great eyesight and enormous strength, they make them dangerous predators.
You can try to differentiate the females from the males by their size. The females are larger than the male eagles.
It is necessary to make a general review to comment on what eagles eat, but since depending on which species they eat one thing or another, we will also try to tell you a little about what the best-known ones eat.
Instructions
- American bald eagles are carnivorous birds. They are birds of prey that feed mainly on fish. From salmon, trout and fish in general. This is not always the case, because it also depends on the time of year. In winter is when they consume carrion, among the many piles of garbage and when they do, they are able to eat the carcasses of large mammals (as much as a whale imagine if they are large).
- There are other species of bald eagles that feed on rabbits, hares, beavers, raccoons, beavers, deer, mice, lizards, etc. As you can see, they consume basically everything and of all sizes.
- The golden eagle, on the other hand, eats much more varied and can do so among more than two hundred different species of mammals. It will always depend on what is nearby to eat at that moment and that will be what it will go for and eat.
- It will typically feed on hares, rabbits, groundhogs, prairie dogs, foxes, deer, sheep, goats, antelope, mice, and squirrels. Basically, the animals that are in that habitat. It is not uncommon to see an eagle in the middle of hunting, as it catches its prey, which is a mountain goat, in the middle of the mountain and takes it flying to once on top, throw it into the void. Then what they do is eat it.
- The Moneta eagles of the Philippines: this type of eagles is also raptors (like the others) and they also feed on basically the same thing. From foxes, lizards, dogs, lemurs, lizards, owls and even snakes.
- The harpy eagles. These eagles are carnivorous and focus on eating arboreal mammals. They preferably eat monkeys but of course, it also depends on where they live and what the country is and whether or not they have food. Apart from the monkeys, they can eat coatis, squirrels, anteaters, opossums, tetras, porcupines, etc.
- The white-tailed eagle does not follow the same diet so much, but it does so depending on the season of the year. They are also birds of prey (like all eagles) and scavengers and take advantage of the slightest opportunity to take advantage and go for their prey. Prey can be mammals, birds and fish. Indistinctly, depending on what season it is.
- They are scavenger birds and therefore will always eat dead animals. Depending on the season of the year, he will eat one thing or another. In winter, they will feed more on carrion and during the rest of the year, sheep, goats, some fish, cetaceans, etc.
- At the top of the food chain are the eagles and they doing usually have many predators, for example. His enemies are in any case, the hawks and other eagles.
What do you need:
- They need to be in their habitat to be able to hunt their prey.
- They are totally free birds, totally irresponsible to try to capture an eagle because it needs to fly and it needs to eat carrion.
- They need to have their claws, since thanks to them they can catch their prey, hunt, catch, release, defend themselves, etc.
- They have spectacular eyesight and can see their prey from miles away.
- His jaw is very strong. Along with their beak, they stun prey when they bite.
- In general, they will always try to hunt rodents of all kinds.
Tips
Eagles are animals that today are already in danger of extinction.
These predatory birds and so spectacular that they leave everyone amazed when we have the opportunity to see them, can be found in all parts of the planet except for one. Not in Antarctica.
Apart from being birds that have excellent eyesight, they are also very fast. They can fly at a speed of up to two hundred kilometers per hour.
The eagles will always be with their partner, whatever time passes. If they find a mate, they will keep it year after year. And to the nest it will always return, every year.
If the eagle is living in captivity, it can live for many years. For example, some cases have been recorded where an eagle lived for more than forty years (which is no wonder). Of course, as long as basic care is taken, it is well cared for, it eats what it should, it can fly… On the contrary, if it is free, it can live an average of ten years.
