Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) - HBW 2, p. 132

French: Bateleur des savanes German: Gaukler Spanish: Aguila Volatinera
Other common names: Bateleur Eagle

Taxonomy: Falco ecaudatus Daudin, 1800, Knysna district, Cape province, South Africa.
Monotypic genus. Several features of morphology, in addition to juvenile plumage and feeding habits, indicate links with Circaetus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Senegambia E to Sudan and Ethiopia then S to Namibia and South Africa.

Near Threatened

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Bird in flight Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Roland Bischoff 5 September 2005 2 years ago 4.7
A perched immature Bateleur which was engrossed in a fight between two male Agama lizards. Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 4 July 2012 28 weeks ago 4.6
Adult female & juvenile at drinking pool Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Roland Bischoff 7 September 2008 2 years ago 4.5
Adult feeding next to the road Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
gemaresi 1 year ago 4.4
Adult male responding to partner's call by dancing. Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Roland Bischoff 6 September 2005 2 years ago 4.4
A juvenile specimen drinking at the artificial water hole near Sisatwe Camp Locality Kgalagadi District, Botswana
Marco Valentini 15 August 2010 1 year ago 4.3
Adult Female Bateleur perched in dead tree Locality Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Philip Perry 18 August 2006 4 years ago 4.2
Adult bird in flight. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 29 October 2008 1 year ago 4.2
An adul female Locality Somalia
raniero massoli-novelli 1 August 1990 2 years ago 4.2
juvenile bird perching on a dead tree Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
Axel Gollnisch 2 October 2011 24 weeks ago 4
At sunrise Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Guy Poisson 30 October 2012 26 weeks ago 4
Juvenile on branch. Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
HGhiold 1 November 2012 26 weeks ago 4
Sitting in a tree top near Satara Camp. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 14 May 2011 2 years ago 4
An adult female in flight. Locality Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 15 April 2013 6 weeks ago 3.9
Young bird in flight Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Luis Mario Arce 19 February 2013 4 weeks ago 3.8
Female Bateleur, Kruger Park, South Africa. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Daniel Grove 13 December 2012 8 weeks ago 3.8
Bateleur on a dead tree , moremi game reserve Locality Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana
Cindywutsch 24 October 2010 18 weeks ago 3.7
Immature bird in a tree. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Martin Främke 29 March 2011 26 weeks ago 3.7
An adult standing on earth. Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 4 December 2010 2 years ago 3.7
Male bird on a dead tree Locality Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana
Cindywutsch 24 October 2010 11 weeks ago 3.6
A portrait of an adult female Locality Somalia
raniero massoli-novelli 1 August 1990 2 years ago 3.6
A male of Bateleur eating a Yellowbilled hornbill on a gravel road near Satara Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 16 September 2005 4 years ago 3.6
Perched on the ground Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 6 October 2008 2 years ago 3.4
An adult male displaying on the ground Locality Hwange National Park, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 26 September 2004 4 years ago 3.4
An immature bird perched in a tree. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 14 January 2011 1 year ago 3.3
A couple of Bateleur on a dead tree near Satara Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 17 September 2005 4 years ago 3.3
An immature (with a Eurasian Honey-buzzard) in flight. Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 19 January 2011 1 year ago 3.3
Bateleur heading for a waterhole in the Nossob riverbed Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Rhonda Hansch 6 October 2008 1 year ago 3.3
An adult male on a branch. Locality Tierpark Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 17 October 2011 26 weeks ago 3.2
m Locality Sudan
Mohamed Ismael 15 weeks ago 3
An adult perched. Locality Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 1991 48 weeks ago 3
An adult female in flight. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 14 January 2011 1 year ago 3
Sunset view near Phabeni gate. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 12 May 2011 2 years ago 3
Immature after heavy thunderstorm Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
rolandalder 23 January 2009 4 years ago 3
An adult male walking along a waterpoint Locality Hwange National Park, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 26 September 2004 4 years ago 3
Eagle like bird with white feathers on wing. Locality Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
HGhiold 27 October 2012 27 weeks ago 2.8
An immature in flight. Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 19 January 2011 1 year ago 2.8
Kansas City Zoo Locality Kansas, USA (United States)
cqnval 23 May 2010 3 years ago 2.8
Kansas City Zoo Locality Kansas, USA (United States)
cqnval 23 May 2010 3 years ago 2.8
In a tree next to a mammal Locality Tanzania
Antoni Fraguas 1 November 2010 1 year ago 2.6
Kansas City Zoo Locality Kansas, USA (United States)
cqnval 23 May 2010 3 years ago 2.4
An adult male flying over the open woodland Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Luis Mario Arce 11 August 2010 2 years ago 2.2
Sub-adult bird Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Loutjie Steenberg 25 December 2009 2 years ago 2
Perched at waterhole. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Loutjie Steenberg 16 August 2009 2 years ago 2