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Wedge-tailed Eagle
Aquila audax · Family Accipitridae
Aquila audax
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 341,519
- Countries and territories with records
- 7
About this species
This species has 341,519 occurrence records from 7 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.31% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Aquila audax combines the genus name Aquila with the species epithet audax. The Warbla app catalog lists 11 species of the genus Aquila; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Aquila chrysaetos, Aquila fasciata and Aquila nipalensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 35th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 83% of the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.