Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) wildlife photograph

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Wedge-tailed Eagle in Australia

Where to spot the wedge-tailed eagle in Australia, and how to log the discovery in Catch'Um.

Aquila audax

Finding Wedge-tailed Eagle in Australia

Looking for the wedge-tailed eagle in Australia? Start with Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, where access and habitat make a sighting more likely than a chance roadside glimpse.

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Northern Territory is the place to begin. Red centre country where red kangaroos graze at dawn against the backdrop of Uluru. Give yourself quiet time at dawn or dusk and keep your distance.

Australia context: Koalas in the gum trees, kangaroos across the red centre, and wildlife found nowhere else on Earth.

In Australia, look especially around open woodland, inland plain, mountain ridge, and pastoral country. Those settings usually put you closest to where this species is active.

Where to spot one

  • Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

    Northern Territory

    Red centre country where red kangaroos graze at dawn against the backdrop of Uluru.

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