A closer look: Ornate Hawk Eagle vs Harpy Eagle!

I can imagine that when you see a bird of prey with a crest on top of its head, you would immediately think of a Harpy Eagle. But there is another fellow in the neighborhood 'walking' around with a crest: Ornate Hawk Eagle.
Let's have a closer look at both the Ornate Hawk Eagle and the Harpy Eagle.

In the pictures you can see an immature-becoming-an-adult Ornate Hawk Eagle and a full grown Harpy Eagle.

Luckily both were doing similar poses:

• The Ornate Hawk Eagle is heavily barred on the chest, this one is already showing the first stage.
  
• And the Harpy Eagle has a fully exposed white chest, as shown above.
  

The Ornate Hawk Eagle (65 - 70 cm) is much smaller than a Harpy Eagle (80 - 90 cm).

Difference in crest:

• the Ornate Hawk Eagle has one long slender crest
• the Harpy Eagle has a double crest

Difference in appearance:

• the Ornate Hawk Eagle looks slender and lanky (1.2 kg)
• the Harpy Eagle looks huge and powerful (4.5 - 7.5 kg)

• the Ornate Hawk Eagle is an uncommon bird, I have seen this bird of prey only once since 2009.
• the Harpy Eagle on the other hand is seen more often in Kabalebo, even though it is said that it is a rare bird. But where there is food in abundance there you can find the Harpy Eagle on top of the food chain.

The Harpy Eagle is known as the worlds' most powerful bird of prey.

They do share some similarities:

• both are solitary predators
• both own a crest, but different ones

I hope that it is now clear who is the most powerful and recognizable predator in the world amongst these two. Otherwise this fellow won't like it at all.


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