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.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on top of an acacia tree. Locality Imi, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 7 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A bird at flight Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 24 sec 3.8 -
An adult perched overlooking a waterhole Locality Liwonde National Park, Southern Region, Malawi (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 21 October 2005 28 weeks ago 32 sec 3.5 -
A fairly distant adult perched in a bare tree Locality Liwonde National Park, Southern Region, Malawi (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 20 October 2005 29 weeks ago 25 sec 3
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Adult
Locality Tendaba Airfield, Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia
Paul Cools 16 February 2012 28 weeks ago 4.5 -
Bird in flight
Locality Polokwane Game Reserve, Polokwane (Pietersburg), Limpopo Province, South Africa
jmdebruyn 20 August 2012 35 weeks ago 4 -
Adult perched on dead tree
Locality South Africa
Philip Perry 22 September 2006 49 weeks ago 3.4 -
African Hawk-eagle on a branch.
Locality Nxabega, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana
Dave Kennedy 27 November 2008 2 years ago 3.4 -
Perched in a roadside tree
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 16 October 2008 2 years ago 3.3 -
Juvenile Bird
Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia
Klaus Lachenmaier 26 March 2013 5 weeks ago 3.3
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