Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1f65b5cf-fdac-4c15-868b-006f9e9c8ec0

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

JSON

For a JSON view of this data, click here

WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Aquila (Uroaetus) audax
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

RDF

To download an RDF/XML document for the concepts and names click here
A JSON view of this information is here here
A html view of this information is here here

Further details

For more details on occurrence webservices, click here
For more details on names webservices, click here

Species presence

Recorded In Australia

Terrestrial Habitats

Conservation status

IUCNLeast Concern

Overview
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Names
Classification
Records
Literature

Occurrence records map

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Source: Flickr EOL
Image by: Arthur Chapman

Description

The Wedge-tailed Eagle is a large brown eagle with long-feathered legs and a diamond or wedge shaped tail. The tail shape is prominent when seen soaring. It flies with slow powerful wing beats, and soars and circles at great heights. source: OZ Animals

Online resources

Birds in Backyards
- Distribution, Habitat, Diet, Reproduction, Distribution Map, Similar Species
Birdway
- Images
Citizen Science
- Images, Occurrence record
Flickr EOL
- Images, Occurrence record
Internet Bird Collection
- Family Common Name, Video Page Url
NatureShare
- Images, Occurrence record
OZ Animals
- Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat, Diet, Reproduction
Wikipedia
- Images

Species Lists

Australian iconic species

State emblems
State:	Northern Territory
Emblem type:	bird

Birds of Canberra Gardens

Birds of Western Australia
Family:	Accipitridae
Common name:	Wedge-tailed Eagle

Test Vocab
my category:	Alpha
my rank:	Second

Images

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Aquila (Uroaetus) audax	Australian Faunal Directory

Common Names

Common name	Source
Wedge-tailed Eagle Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature OZ Animals Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Birds Australia
Aguila Audaz Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	ALA website image uploads