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Aquila spilogaster (African
hawk-eagle)
[= Hieraaetus spilogaster]
Grootjagarend [Afrikaans]; Ekangakodi (also applied to some
of the other eagles) [Kwangali]; Gondo (generic name for eagle) [Shona];
Ghama (generic term for eagle) [Tsonga]; Ntsu, Ntswi (generic terms for
eagles) [Tswana]; Afrikaanse havikarend [Dutch]; Aigle fascié [French];
Habichtsadler [German]; Águia-dominó [Portuguese]
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Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
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> Family: Accipitridae
> Genus: Aquila
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Distribution of African hawk-eagle in southern Africa,
based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas
Project (©
Animal Demography unit, University of
Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range
from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common).
See here for the latest distribution
from the SABAP2. |
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African hawk-eagle at its nest, Naboomspruit,
South Africa. [photo Warwick Tarboton ©] |
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