Aquila gurneyi

G.R.Gray, 1861 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Accipitriformes/Accipitridae/Aquila

At a glance

Occurrence records1 135

Data sources9

Biological traits23

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Aquila gurneyi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 135 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 135 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈1.2 Gbp

01Narrative

Gurney's eagle (Aquila gurneyi) is a large eagle in the family Accipitridae. It is found in New Guinea and Wallacea, and is an occasional vagrant to Australia. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the British banker and amateur ornithologist John Henry Gurney (1819–1890).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology12

Beak depth21.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)55.4 mm

Beak length (nares)33.3 mm

Beak width16.6 mm

Body mass3 060 g

Body mass (female)3 060 g

Hand-wing index33.8

Kipp's distance184 mm

Secondary length361 mm

Tail length366 mm

Tarsus length99.4 mm

Wing length544 mm

Diet & foraging7

Canopy30 %

Ground30 %

Midhigh20 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheVertivore

Understory20 %

Vertebrate endotherm100 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleAerial

Range size601 810 km²

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aquila gurneyi has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Aquila gurneyi carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈1 208 564 479 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Aquila gurneyi1.21 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 135 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 132

Museum / vouchered3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 324 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy18% within 1 km

≤100 m 8>10 km 37

45 georeferenced · 1 087 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 132

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 1

3 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Brussels, BE	1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	1
New Haven, US	1

3 institutions · 3 of 3 vouchered records shown

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Aquila gurneyi

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology12

Diet & foraging7

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type1 135 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 3 geolocated

Record type1 135 records