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Verreaux's eagle is found from the Marra Mountains [26] of Sudan southward through that country [27] to 16°N in Eritrea, [28] along the northern mountains of Somalia, [29] in much of Ethiopia (mostly the central, mountainous spine), [30] possibly some mountains in northeastern Uganda, [31] Kenya, easternmost Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
The Verreaux's eagle-owl's ear tufts can appear nearly absent. Verreaux's eagle-owl ranges from 58 to 66 cm (23 to 26 in) in total length. [3] [23] This species has been reported as having an average wingspan of 140 cm (4 ft 7 in), but Mikkola referenced this as the wingspan of a smaller male.
Jules Pierre Verreaux (24 August 1807 – 7 September 1873) was a French botanist and ornithologist and a professional collector of and trader in natural history specimens. He was the brother of Édouard Verreaux and nephew of Pierre Antoine Delalande .
Black-chested snake-eagle, Circaetus pectoralis (A) Long-crested eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis (A) Booted eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus; Tawny eagle, Aquila rapax (A) Verreaux's eagle, Aquila verreauxii; African hawk-eagle, Aquila spilogaster; Pale chanting-goshawk, Melierax canorus (A) Gabar goshawk, Micronisus gabar (A) African marsh-harrier ...
The first record of Verreaux's eagles at the site dates to the 1940s, though in all likelihood, they were present for many years prior. As of 2023 the garden is home to a young eagle pair, Makatsa and Mahlori, which has bred here since 2020 on a new nest. [3]
The martial eagle can be found in most of sub-Saharan Africa, wherever food is abundant and the environment favourable.With a total estimated distribution of about 26,000 km 2 (10,000 sq mi), it has a substantial distribution across Africa, giving it a somewhat broader range than other species there like the crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) and the Verreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxii). [6]
The wedge-tailed, Gurney's and Verreaux's eagles form a clade or a species complex with the well-known golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), the most widely distributed species in the entire accipitrid family, as well as outwardly dissimilar (smaller and paler-bellied yet also powerful) eagles like the Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata), the African ...
Andaman serpent eagle: Accipitridae: Spilornis elgini (Blyth, 1863) 58 Philippine eagle: Accipitridae: Pithecophaga jefferyi Ogilvie-Grant, 1896: 59 Short-toed snake eagle: Accipitridae: Circaetus gallicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 60 Beaudouin's snake eagle: Accipitridae: Circaetus beaudouini Verreaux, J & des Murs, 1862: 61 Black-chested snake eagle ...