Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax) - HBW 2, p. 193
French: Aigle ravisseur
German: Savannenadler
Spanish: Aguila Rapaz
Taxonomy: Falco rapax Temminck, 1828, South Africa.
Forms superspecies with A. nipalensis, and sometimes considered conspecific. Race vindhiana has been considered separate species, but limited differences do not support this. Three subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- vindhiana Franklin, 1831 - Pakistan, India, and S Nepal; possibly also Burma.
- belisarius (Levaillant, 1850) - Morocco and Algeria; S Arabia and tropical Africa S to N Zaire and N Kenya.
- rapax (Temminck, 1828) - S Kenya and S Zaire S to South Africa and W to Angola and Namibia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a telephone pole, looking down. Locality Robe, Ethiopia (ssp belisarius)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2005 7 years ago 22 sec 4.2 -
perched by road, was feeding on a road kill Jackal Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp belisarius)
Martin Kennewell 2 November 2010 2 years ago 38 sec 4.1 -
A juvenile feeding on an ostrich carcass. Locality Negele Boran, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp belisarius)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 4.1 -
A bird on top of an acacia tree, alert. Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp belisarius)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 6 years ago 33 sec 4.1 -
A bird on top of an acacia tree, eating a bird. Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp belisarius)
Josep del Hoyo 12 December 2005 6 years ago 54 sec 4.1 -
A ventral view of an panting adult in a tree. Locality Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania (ssp rapax)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 February 2012 37 weeks ago 27 sec 4
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Possibly a blond morph of the Tawny Eagle. Seen in Kruger Park, Sourth Africa.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Glenda Rees 8 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Dark morph
Locality Banni Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp vindhiana)
Vaibhav Mishra 10 January 2010 2 years ago 4 -
resident
Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India
jugal Tiwari 22 May 2010 2 years ago 4 -
with self-caught African Bulfrog
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
rolandalder 27 January 2009 4 years ago 3.8 -
perching on pole
Locality Debre Berhan, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 12 July 2009 23 weeks ago 3.8 -
Perching on branch, SW shore of Lake Langano.
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 14 July 2009 1 year ago 3.8
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