wedge-tailed eagle

plural wedge-tailed eagles

1. A large Australian bird of prey, Aquila audax; the eaglehawk.

   In the front paddock a wedge-tailed eagle was skimming down the line of the fence-posts.

   1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 85

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   A wedge-tailed eagle that was part of a birds of prey show at Alice Springs Desert Park flew at a young boy and latched on to his head with its talons instead of flying over to a perch as it had been trained to.

   2016 July 12, Melissa Davey, The Guardian