Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) - HBW 2, p. 200
French: Aigle martial
German: Kampfadler
Spanish: Aguila Marcial
Other common names: Martial Hawk-eagle
Taxonomy: Falco bellicosus Daudin, 1800, Great Namaqualand, South Africa.
Monotypic genus, but may be better placed in genus Hieraaetus, on grounds of strong skeletal evidence. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegambia E to Ethiopia and S to South Africa.
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closeup view Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 2 October 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 4.7 -
bird perching Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 2 October 2010 1 year ago 1 min 6 sec 4.5 -
late afternoon, eating a small animal Locality Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
kblach 21 September 2011 30 weeks ago 51 sec 4.3 -
Martial Eagle eating a large lizard near Satara Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 18 October 2009 1 year ago 33 sec 4.3 -
An adult looking around from the top of a tree Locality Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 4 years ago 45 sec 4.1 -
A juvenile preening itself in a tree and flying away Locality Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 7 years ago 19 sec 3.9
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Bird taking off from a water pond
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Roland Bischoff 21 October 2010 41 weeks ago 4.8 -
Juvenile Martial Eagle perched in a tree.
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Regis Nossent 13 November 2011 23 weeks ago 4.4 -
Martial eagle on a tree
Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Hans-Juergen Kuehnel 28 December 2010 11 weeks ago 4.1 -
Juvenile Martial Eagle on the ground with some kind of prey which it covered with the wings.
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
Karl Pallarp 1 February 2005 18 weeks ago 4 -
An adult.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 31 October 2008 46 weeks ago 4 -
A sub-adult specimen, standing on the ground.
Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 11 November 2010 1 year ago 3.9
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