
Aves · Accipitriformes
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyja
The most powerful raptor of the tropical rainforest canopy, possessing massive rear talons up to 13 cm long—larger than the claws of a grizzly bear.
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
This range is an occurrence-derived learning extent, not an official assessment range map. See the methodology page for the complete pipeline. GBIF.org occurrence density (GBIF Maps API v2) · 1° global raster; derived from GBIF per-cell occurrence density, vagrant-trimmed by a cumulative record-count threshold, morphologically closed, small-and-distant components pruned, clipped to a Natural Earth 1:110m realm mask.
Method and versionA sample of openly-licensed occurrence records retained after quality filtering. 1468 licence-filtered records across 103 1° cells, retrieved 2026-08-24.
Inspect on GBIFRetained datasets (4)
- GBIF mediated dataset (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)
- GBIF mediated dataset (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)
- GBIF mediated dataset (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)
- iNaturalist research-grade observations (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)