African fish eagle
| African fish eagle | |
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| Lake Mburo,Uganda | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Haliaeetus |
| Species: | H. vocifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Haliaeetus vocifer (Daudin,1800)
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TheAfrican fish eagle(Haliaeetus vocifer) or theAfrican sea eagleis a large species ofeagle.[2]
It is found throughoutsub-Saharan Africawhere there are large bodies of open water with plenty of fish. It is thenational birdofZimbabwe,ZambiaandSouth Sudan.
This species looks a bit like thebald eagle.They are related, but live on different continents. The bald eagle lives inNorth America.
References
[change|change source]- ↑BirdLife International(2013)."Haliaeetus vocifer".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2013.Retrieved26 November2013.
- ↑Etymology:Haliaeetus,Modern Latin for "sea eagle".vocifer,fromLatinvox,"voice" +-fer,one who bears something, in allusion to the conspicuous yelping calls. These are, when sitting, given with the head fully thrown to the back, a peculiarity found among sea eagles only in this and theMadagascarspecies.
