Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) - HBW 2, p. 201
French: Aigle huppard
German: Schopfadler
Spanish: Aguila Crestilarga
Taxonomy: Falco occipitalis Daudin, 1800, Knysna district, South Africa.
Monotypic genus, but may belong within genus Spizaetus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegambia E to Ethiopia and S to N Namibia, N Botswana and E South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree top and then flying away Locality Masaka, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 14 September 2006 5 years ago 18 sec 4.4 -
looking around Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 14 September 2010 2 years ago 41 sec 4.3 -
A dorsal view of a bird in a tree, eventually flying away. Locality West Usambara, Usambara Mountains, Tanzania (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 21 February 2012 38 weeks ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched in a tree and checking it's surroundings. Locality West Usambara, Usambara Mountains, Tanzania (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 21 February 2012 38 weeks ago 37 sec 4 -
A bird in flight Locality Arba Minch, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2005 6 years ago 35 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree, looking around and preening. Locality Katoke, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 September 2006 6 years ago 42 sec 4
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adult perched
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Marco Valentini 28 December 2012 18 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird on a branch
Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
Jean Hupperetz 22 August 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Perched on a tree
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
John A Thompson 17 January 2012 1 year ago 4.2 -
A perched bird
Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 2 March 2011 35 weeks ago 4 -
Bird soaring
Locality Lower River Division , The Gambia
Klaus Lachenmaier 24 March 2013 5 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult perched on a telegraph pole.
Locality Magoebaskloof area, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 12 January 2011 11 weeks ago 3.7
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