Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed eagle {Aquila audax fleayi} tasmanian sub species, adult portrait, Australia

David Gallan / Slow motion clip of a Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) landing in nest, Mimosa National Park, New South Wales, Australia , September.

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle soaring {Aquila audax} Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} mainland form Sturt NP, NSW, Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) adult, Tasmania, Australia.

Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) adult, Tasmania, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Wedge-tailed baby eagle (Aquila audax) on its nest with a rabbit prey, South Australia, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Wedge-tailed baby eagle (Aquila audax) on its nest, South Australia, Australia.

Dave Watts / Road warning sign for Wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila audax) feeding on road, Tasmania, Australia, February 2011

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) panting, Northern Territory, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) feeding on road killed Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) carcass in arid outback, Northern Territory, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) pair, Northern Territory, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) feeding on road killed Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) carcass in arid outback, Northern Territory, Australia

Steven David Miller / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi) head portrait (captive) Devils Heaven Wildlife Park, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Steven David Miller / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi) perched on post (captive) Devils Heaven Wildlife Park, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) feeding on Kangaroo prey, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) perched, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) perched, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), Northern Territory, Australia

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} adult with chick in nest, Sturt NP, NSW, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} chick in nest, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} chick in nest, Sturt NP, NSW, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} chick in nest, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} chick in nest, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} mantling prey, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia.

Owen Newman / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} with prey, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia.

Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed Eagle {Aquila audax} feeding on kangaroo carcass surrounded by flies, Central Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed Eagle {Aquila audax} adult feeding chick at nest, New South Wales, Australia

WILLIAM OSBORN / Wedge tail eagle {Aquila audax} juvenile feeds on Grey kangaroo carcass, QLD, Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle female at nest with chick {Aquila audax} Central Australia

Tony Heald / Wedge tailed eagle perched {Aquila audax} Northern Territory, Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed eagle at nest with chick {Aquila audax} New South Wales, Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} Australia

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) flying, Queensland, Australia

Rob Drummond/ BIA / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) feeding on Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) carcass, South Australia, Australia

Laurent Geslin / Skull and beak of Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax}

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) group and Black Kite (Milvus migrans) in tree, Queensland, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) feeding on road killed Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) carcass, Northern Territory, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), Flinders Ranges National Park, Australia

Juergen Freund / Wedge-tailed Eagle {Aquila audax} by the roadside guarding its roadkill trophy, a dead Kangaroo, Western Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} mainland form Storo NP NSW Australia

Dave Watts / Wedge tailed eagle {Aquila audax} Tasmanian form Tasmania Australia

Bruce Thomson / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) perched on dead Kangaroo in open Mitchell grass (Astrebla sp.) grassland, Stonehenge, Queensland, Australia.

Etienne Littlefair / Wedgetail eagle (Aquila audax) perched on gate, looking back, Barkly Tablelands, Northern Territory, Australia.

Etienne Littlefair / Wedgetail eagle (Aquila audax) flying low, Adelaide River Hills, Northern Territory, Australia.

Etienne Littlefair / Wedgetail eagle (Aquila audax) spreading its wings, perched above a rocky gorge, Adelaide River Hills, Northern Territory, Australia.

Suzi Eszterhas / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) fledgling with broken wing, Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Queensland, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Comparison between New Zealand Haast giant eagle skull (extinct) and head of Wedge-tailed eagle, museum specimen.

Jiri Lochman / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) chick in nest, Shark Bay UNESCO World Heritage Area, Western Australia.

Jiri Lochman / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) chick in nest, Shark Bay UNESCO World Heritage Area, Western Australia.

Jiri Lochman / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) taking flight, head portrait, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia.

Jiri Lochman / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) standing on dry ground, east of Boulia, western Queensland, Australia.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) male, aged 34 years, portrait, World Bird Sanctuary. Captive, occurs in Australia.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) male, aged 34 years, head portrait, World Bird Sanctuary. Captive, occurs in Australia.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) male, aged 34 years, portrait, World Bird Sanctuary. Captive, occurs in Australia.

Martin Willis / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), Queensland, Australia

Martin Willis / Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), Queensland, Australia

Bruce Thomson / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), juvenile with light coloured plumage, perching on a branch, Quilpie, Queensland, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of the Australian wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia.

Konrad Wothe / Wedge tailed eagle (Aquila audax) juvenile, perched on branch. Papua New Guinea.

Suzi Eszterhas / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) portrait. Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia. Captive.

Suzi Eszterhas / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) portrait. Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) with wing fracture on way to recovery room following x-ray, carried by veterinary nurse. Temporarily captive, to be released once fully recovered. Currumbin Wildlife...

Doug Gimesy / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) with wing fracture under anaesthetic, veterinary nurse preparing to undertake x-ray. Temporarily captive, to be released once fully recovered. Currumbin Wildlife Hosp...

Doug Gimesy / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) under anaesthetic, veterinary nurse checking progress following wing fracture. Veterinarian in background. Temporarily captive, to be released once fully recovered. C...

Doug Gimesy / Veterinary nurse administrating anaesthetic to Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) to monitor progress following wing fracture. Veterinarians in background. Temporarily captive, to be released once full...

Doug Gimesy / Veterinarian and veterinary nurse administrating anaesthetic to Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) to monitor progress following wing fracture, likely caused by road traffic accident. Temporarily capti...

Doug Gimesy / Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) with wing fracture under anaesthetic for health check. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. November 2019. Editorial use only.

Doug Gimesy / Veterinarian examining anaesthetised Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax). Previously treated by private veterinarian for wing fracture, likely caused by road traffic accident. Currumbin Wildlife Hospita...

Doug Gimesy / When over 400 'protected' Wedge-tailed Eagles (Aquila audax) were discovered killed on a Victorian farm, conservationists and animal welfare advocates were devastated. Nearly as shocking, was...

Doug Gimesy / Leah Tsang, ornithological expert from the Australian Museum, examines evidence skulls to determine whether they are wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila audax) as part on an ongoing investigation around the p...

Doug Gimesy / Leah Tsang, ornithological expert from the Australian Museum, examines evidence skulls to determine whether they are Wedge-tailed Eagles (Aquila audax) as part on an ongoing investigation around the p...

Doug Gimesy / When over 400 'protected' Wedge-tailed Eagles were discovered killed on a Victorian farm, conservationists and animal welfare advocates were devastated. Nearly as shocking, was the penalty app...

Doug Gimesy / Glenn Lineham, a Victoria Wildlife Officer from the Department of Land, Water and Planning (DEWLP), sorts through and documents evidence bags from 406 poisoned Wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila audax) as pa...