Long Island Biodiversity from Birds of Prey: Common Eagles

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The common bird is a bird of the family Hawkaceae, a medium-sized bird of prey. Body length 54 cm, wingspan 122-137 cm, weight 515-810 g. The body color varies greatly, the upper body is mainly dark brown, the lower body is mainly dark brown or light brown, with dark brown transverse spots or longitudinal stripes, and the tail is light grayish brown, with multiple dark transverse spots. When flying, the wings are broad, the base of the primary flight feathers has obvious white spots, the underwings are white, only the wingtips, wing horns and the outer edge of the flight feathers are black (pale) or all black brown (dark type), and the tail is scattered and fan-shaped. When soaring, the wings are slightly raised upwards in a shallow 'V' shape.