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The Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) is a bird found in Australia. Open woods and plains across Australia and southern New Guinea. It eats small mammals and birds, reptiles and frogs and dead animals (carrion). The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Wedge-tailed eagle lives

Open woods and plains across Australia and southern New Guinea.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐭 Mammals & birds50%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs30%
• 🦴 Leftovers (carrion)20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Nigel Jackett (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC184703. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Wedge-tailed eagle

Where does the Wedge-tailed eagle live?

The Wedge-tailed eagle lives in Australia. Open woods and plains across Australia and southern New Guinea.

What does the Wedge-tailed eagle eat?

small mammals and birds (about 50%), reptiles and frogs (about 30%), dead animals (carrion) (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Wedge-tailed eagle endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Takahe
• Kagu
• Yellow-eyed penguin
• Blue duck
• Abbott's booby
• Guam kingfisher

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.