Eagle
The eagle, sometimes called erne, is the king of birds and is extensively used in heraldry. It is blazoned in various attitudes, some of which are depicted below.
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1. Addorsed: When both wings are behind the bird's head in a natural posture.
2. Alerion: Displayed eagle beakless and legless with wings inverted.
3. Close: Standing with wings closed.
4. Eagle demi, displayed and erased
5. Displayed
9. Erect or rampant; either term has been used to describe an eagle standing erect facing dexter
10. Napoleonic Eagle: An eagle displayed with wings inverted and head turned to sinister.
11. Eagle perched, crowned with an antique crown, holding in the dexter claw, a sceptre erect
12. Eagle preying
13. Eagle preying on an infant
14. Regardant; looking backward
15. Eagle rising, wings addorsed and elevated
16. Eagle rising, wings addorsed and inverted
17. Eagle rising, wings displayed and elevated
18. Eagle rising, wings displayed and inverted
19. Eagle's head couped
20. Eagle's head erased
21. Eagle's leg erased ŕ la cuisse
22. Eagle’s leg conjoined at the thigh to a sinister wing.
23. Eagle’s wings conjoined in base
24. Eagle’s wings conjoined in lure. So called from their resemblance to a hawk’s lure, when borne in this position.
25. Eagle volant recursant descendant in bend sinister, wings overture.
26. Eagle recursant displayed wings crossed.
27. Eagle recursant volant in pale ascendant.
28. Eagle recursant volant in pale descendant.
30. Eagle mantling, when stretching out both its leg and wing.
Notes
1. When the legs of men or any animal are borne in heraldry, the toes, hoofs,
claws or talons should be turned towards the
dexter side of the
shield,
unless particularly expressed to the contrary.
2.
The eagle’s talons or claws and beak are properly termed
armed, and should be blazoned as, e.g., an eagle ppr armed or.
