Assertion: steppe eagle | /r/HasProperty | aquila nipalensis
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text: steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
text: Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis).
text: The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a bird of prey.
text: Although it was one of the largest birds in the world it had a relatively small wingspan: female wingspan was about 260 cm (8ft 6in), reaching a maximum of 3 m (9ft 10in), so in that matter it was comparable to the wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis), martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), or the Steller’s sea eagle (Heliaeetus pelagicus).
text: Studies on DNA have indicated that the imperial eagle is part of a subgroup with other moderately sized Aquila such as the steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) and the tawny eagle (Aquila rapax).
text: The Tawny Eagle was once considered a relative of the Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis), however, it is now classed as its own species due to differences in anatomy particularly the length of the gape flange which never extends beyond the middle of the eye in the Tawny Eagle.
text: It was once considered to be closely related to the migratory steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis, and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific.
text: For example, in Kazakhstan, white-tailed eagles were recorded to nest in proximity to golden eagles, eastern imperial eagles (Aquila heliaca) and steppe eagles (Aquila nipalensis) and all four eagles appear almost entirely indifferent to the presence of the other species, given their considerable partitioning in diet and habitat preferences.