Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

African Hawk-eagle (Hieraaetus spilogaster) - HBW 2, p. 199

French: Aigle fascié German: Afrikanischer Habichtsadler Spanish: Aguila azor Africana
Other common names: African Eagle

Taxonomy: Spizaëtus spilogaster Bonaparte, 1850, Ethiopia.
Forms superspecies with H. fasciatus, and sometimes considered conspecific. Monotypic.

Distribution: Senegambia E to Ethiopia and Somalia, and S to NE South Africa.