{"id":2190240,"date":"2026-03-02T14:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/harpy-eagle-harpia-harpyja\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:11:26","slug":"harpy-eagle-harpia-harpyja","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/harpy-eagle-harpia-harpyja\/","title":{"rendered":"Harpy Eagle (Harpia Harpyja)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harpia harpyja has an extensive range in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and north-east Argentina. The main threats to the species are forest loss and degradation, and hunting, poaching and persecution. Collision with powerlines is an additional source of mortality<\/p>\n<p>Fact Sheet:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/datazone.birdlife.org\/species\/factsheet\/harpy-eagle-harpia-harpyja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">https:\/\/datazone.birdlife.org\/species\/factsheet\/harpy-eagle-harpia-harpyja<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-899-2190240\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-18174\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/harpy-eagle-harpia-harpyja\/_tg18048_harpia-harpyja-nef_dxo_deepprimexd.jpg\" title=\"Harpy Eagle not Nearby a Known Nest\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Harpy Eagle not Nearby a Known Nest\" alt=\"Harpy Eagle not Nearby a Known Nest\" 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The main threats to the species are forest loss and degradation, and hunting, poaching and persecution. 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