Long-crested eagle
| Long-crested eagle | |
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| Serengeti National Park, Tanzania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Lophaetus Kaup, 1847 |
| Species: | L. occipitalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophaetus occipitalis (Daudin, 1800) | |
The long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae. It is currently placed in a monotypic genus Lophaetus.
A relatively small eagle (about 55 cm), found in Africa south of the Sahara, except in the arid zones. In southern Africa it is a fairly common resident in the eastern areas. It inhabits woodlands, exotic plantations, forest edges and mainly lives off rodents and shrews.
Gallery
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in Kenya
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Lophaetus occipitalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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External links
- Long-crested eagle - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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