African fish eagle
The African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) or the African sea eagle is a large species of eagle.[2]
| African fish eagle | |
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| Lake Mburo, Uganda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Haliaeetus |
| Species: | H. vocifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Haliaeetus vocifer (Daudin, 1800)
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It is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa where there are large bodies of open water with plenty of fish. It is the national bird of Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Sudan.
This species looks a bit like the bald eagle. They are related, but live on different continents. The bald eagle lives in North America.
African Fish Eagle Media
An African fish eagle feeding on its prey, likely a mudfish Labeo sp., in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Haliaeetus vocifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Etymology: Haliaeetus, Modern Latin for "sea eagle". vocifer, from Latin vox, "voice" + -fer, one who bears something, in allusion to the conspicuous yelping calls. These are, when sitting, given with the head fully thrown to the back, a peculiarity found among sea eagles only in this and the Madagascar species.