in the dense rain-forests means, and the 86-100 cm hunt big harpy South America (from South-Mexico to North-Argentina) monkeys and big parrots preferably. But also other tree-living in mammals, also big, heavy sloth, frequently are carried off by this mighty gripping-bird.
Shape With a weight up to 4,4 kg and extremely powerful legs and the harpy belongs to the strongest gripping-birds to catches, that are fortified with very long claws.
Harpies are oberseits colored also like on the breast dark-gray, the stomach-region is knows, with black Querstreifung on the Laufbefiederung. The Kehlregion takes off light-gray, at the rear-head, a for "monkey-eagles" more typically extended, dark feather-mop of hair stands. Coat width gray cross-strips the black push. The very powerful beak, that unbefiederten leg-parts are, is light-yellow blue-gray colored.
Habitat The harpy hunts along the forests, at riversides and clearings, with what it sent with its relatively short and wide wings, between the treetops can through-maneuver.
Reproduction Harpies live in pairs together only in the incubation, and even then, the somewhat bigger female acts quite "intolerantly" within the eyrie-area towards its partner, who here-manages the food alone during the brood-period (beginning approximately end of December).
Harpies erect its eyrie in the crown of a high tree and obstruct many still green branches and branches on that occasion. The actual Nistmulde is padded carefully with grass and foliage. The nest consists of 1-2 eggs. Normally, eyries are used by the same brood-pair consecutively several years.
Endangering Harpies are threatened in its continuance and are subject to the protection through the Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen.
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