Wildlife & Flora
Golden Eagle
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a wildlife & flora sighting recorded around Pheriche, Pangboche, Tengboche.
- Scientific name
- Aquila chrysaetos
- Local name
- Suparna Mahacheel
- Category
- Wildlife & Flora
Golden Eagles are essentially tigers of the bird kingdom. Ferocious and indomitable, many countries including Germany pay tribute to these birds in their emblems and Mongols train them to hunt foxes. They can bring down prey several times their size and one such hunt is shown in BBC's Planet Earth in which a pair of Golden Eagles bring down a Demoiselle crane. And guess what, the clip was shot here in Nepal at Mustang. They can generally be told from the vultures by the way they hold their wings in a V-shape while soaring.
