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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| 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
- African Fish-Eagle, Entebbe Botanical Garden imported from iNaturalist photo 5678353.jpg
Photo of African Fish-Eagle uploaded from iNaturalist.
- African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) on nest.jpg
An adult on the nest at Lake Baringo, Kenya
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Aigle Pêcheur d'Afrique MHNT
- African fish eagles (Haliaeetus vocifer) juveniles in nest.jpg
Juveniles in nest, Ethiopia
- African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) juvenile in flight.jpg
Juvenile in flight, Ethiopia
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African Fish Eagle (juvenile and adult)
- African Fish Eagle (juvenile) (27586523393).jpg
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
- African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer).jpg
- African Fish Eagle.jpg
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.
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