Secretarybird (Sagittariidae)
Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) - HBW 2, p. 215
French: Messager serpentaire
German: Sekretär
Spanish: Secretario
Taxonomy: Falco serpentarius J. F. Miller 1779, 0, behavioural and molecular affinities with Falconiformes, especially Accipitridae. Also some behavioural affinities with Ciconiidae. Proposed relationships to Cariamidae and other Gruiformes unsubstantiated. Birds of W Africa have occasionally been awarded separate race, gambiensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegambia E to Ethiopia and Somalia, and S to South Africa.
- Least Concern
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A bird hitting a snake and eating it Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 13 October 2004 4 years ago 31 sec 4.8 -
A bird in a tree and another one on the ground, with a general view of the habitat Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 2 years ago 57 sec 4.6 -
An adult walking Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi District, Botswana (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 2 August 2000 4 years ago 6 sec 4 -
A bird walking, running and flying away Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Br... 31 December 2001 2 years ago 14 sec 3.8 -
A bird flying off and soaring Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 13 October 2004 4 years ago 21 sec 3.7 -
A bird walking and then running on tall grass Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 22 December 2002 4 years ago 28 sec 3.7
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Secretarybird in the Zoo of Münster. Germany
Guido Bohn 30 April 2009 41 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult Secretarybird calling Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
ingwe24 26 September 2007 1 year ago 4 -
A pair on a tree Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 September 2007 1 year ago 3.8 -
An adult perched on the ground. Cim d'Àligues, Sant Feliu de Codines, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Alberto Soria 31 March 2010 21 weeks ago 3.7 -
a bird walking Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
Stefan Helming 31 December 2009 34 weeks ago 3.7 -
An adult perched on the ground. Cim d'Àligues, Sant Feliu de Codines, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Alberto Soria 31 March 2010 21 weeks ago 3.5
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