Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hawks, Eagles and Kites :: Martial Eagle

Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus

Described by: Daudin (1800)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Hieraaetus bellicosus

Photographs

Location unknown - Date unknown © Dan Marsh  Kenya - 1996 © David Bradley  South Africa - 2003 © Kees Bakker  Kruger National Park, South Africa - 2003 © Kees Bakker  Kruger National Park, South Africa - 1997 © Kees Bakker 
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Range

Africa s. of the Sahara;
Sw. Mauritania, Senegambia, sw. Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, s. Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, s. Chad, c. and s. Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia s. in open country in Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe (Hwange National Park) and South Africa (Kruger National Park and Cape Province).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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