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African Hawk Eagle
Hieraaetus spilogaster
-3.37511, 36.8398
Field Notes
Description:
This African hawk eagle lives only a few minutes from our house in Usa River and sometimes comes by the backyard. I happen to get a close shot one Saturday afternoon during one of my walks as I chased her from one acacia tree to another.
The African Hawk-Eagle is a small to medium-sized eagle at about 55–65 cm in length. The upper parts are blackish. Its underparts are white heavily streaked with black. The underwing flight feathers are white with a black trailing edge. The underwing coverts are mostly black with white spots.
Habitat:
The African Hawk-Eagle breeds in tropical Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a bird of wooded hills, building a stick nest about 3 feet (almost 1 meter) in diameter in the fork of a large tree.
Notes:
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Photographed
PublishedFebruary 1, 2012
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