Ayres's hawk-eagle

Weight

665 g – 1.01 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

1.06 m – 1.37 msrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

woodlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

45 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

1 – 1.5src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Aerialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The ayres's hawk-eagle is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAccipitriformes
5. familyAccipitridae
6. genusHieraaetus
7. SpeciesHieraaetus ayresii (J. H. Gurney Sr, 1862)

Synonyms Anomalaetus ayresi, Aquila ayresii, Hieraaetus ayersii, Hieraaetus fasciatus minor, Hieraaetus lucani, Spizaetus ayresii

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Booted eagle

Hieraaetus pennatus

Accipitridae

LC, Least Concern

Wahlberg's eagle

Hieraaetus wahlbergi

Accipitridae

LC, Least Concern

Little eagle

Hieraaetus morphnoides

Accipitridae

LC, Least Concern

P

Pygmy eagle

Hieraaetus weiskei

AccipitridaeNo free photo yet

CompareAyres's hawk-eagle vs Booted eagleAyres's hawk-eagle vs Wahlberg's eagleAyres's hawk-eagle vs Little eagleAyres's hawk-eagle vs Pygmy eagle

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@misc{ayres_s_hawk_eagle_2026,
  title = {Ayres's hawk-eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ayres-s-hawk-eagle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}