This is no exaggeration. Harpy eagles are the heaviest and largest raptors, weighing up to 20 pounds. They may also grow to be 40 inches long, with a wingspan of about six feet.

Zoo Miami welcomes exotic baby birds. A cinereous vulture and a harpy eagle are among the rare hatchlings from Asia, Africa, and tropical regions of the Americas.

Monitoring, research, tourism, photography and environmental education are the tools to protect Brazil’s largest bird of prey, which currently has large and diverse populations only in the Amazon.