Inter Press ServiceEcobreves - GUATEMALA:: Return of the Harpy Eagle https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/12/ecobreves-guatemala-return-of-the-harpy-eagle/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:01:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Ecobreves – GUATEMALA:: Return of the Harpy Eagle https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/12/ecobreves-guatemala-return-of-the-harpy-eagle/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/12/ecobreves-guatemala-return-of-the-harpy-eagle/#respond Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 IPS Correspondents and No author http://ipsnews.net/?p=120494 By IPS Correspondents and - -
GUATEMALA, Dec 9 2006 (IPS)

A harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), raised in captivity in Panama and released in Belize two years ago, was sighted early this month in the jungles of the northern Guatemalan department of El Petén. The species has not been seen in this area in the past quarter century, Estuardo Hernández, biology expert in the city of Tikal, told Tierramérica. The bird was identified, he said, thanks to a satellite transmitter and a ring around its right leg.

Harpy eagles, the largest bird in the area, can stand 85 to 107 cm tall, and are considered endangered.

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