Falconiformes

Secretarybird (Sagittariidae)

HBW 2, p. 206 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 2 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Large raptorial birds with hooked bill, long stork-like legs, loose crest of long feathers and long central tail feathers.
• Afrotropical Region.
• Woodland, savanna and steppe.
• 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.