Grinnell's crested eagle (SciiFii)

The Grinnell's crested eagle (Spizaetus grinnelli), also known as the Grinnell's eagle, the North American hawk-eagle and simply the hawk-eagle, is a species of eagle that originally live in North America during the Pleistocene and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced to southeastern, southern, and southwestern United States to help boost biodiversity. The Grinnell's crested eagle is larger than its closest living relatives found in South America, growing to be about 82 centimeters (32 inches) from tail tip to beak tip. Though light and small compared to other eagles, this bird is a powerful predator that frequently hunts relatively large prey. It mainly feeds on large rodents, opossums, plesiadapids, and prosimian primates, as well as, occasionally, bats, other birds, and some reptiles. The average nest height is 25.5 meters and the nests are all built in lateral limbs away from the center of the tree. All known breeding pairs, both in the wild and in captivity, lay single egg clutches and the incubation period is 44 days. The conservation status of the Grinnel's crested eagle is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the Grinnel's crested eagle's wide natural range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
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