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African fish eagles usually catch fish around 200 to 1,000 g (0.44 to 2.20 lb), but fish up to 4,200 g (9.3 lb) can be taken. If it catches a fish too heavy to allow the eagle to sustain flight, it will drop into the water and paddle to the nearest shore with its wings. [ 15 ]
A sea eagle in the flag of Naval Reconnaissance Battalion of Finnish Navy. The bald eagle is the national symbol of the United States. The silver eagle on red shield on the arms of Poland has been interpreted as the sea eagle. Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have the African fish eagle as their national bird.
White-bellied sea eagle. Icthyophaga leucogaster (Gmelin, JF, 1788) India and Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia to Australia: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Sanford's sea eagle. Icthyophaga sanfordi (Mayr, 1935) Size: Habitat: Diet: VU African fish eagle. Icthyophaga vocifer (Daudin, 1800) Sub-Saharan Africa: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Madagascar fish eagle
The adult bald eagle is unmistakable in its native range. The closely related African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) (from far outside the bald eagle's range) also has a brown body (albeit of somewhat more rufous hue), white head and tail, but differs from the bald eagle in having a white chest and black tip to the bill. [16] Bald eagle anatomy
Steller's sea eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus; Pallas's fish eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus; White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla; Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Icthyophaga Lesson, 1843: White-bellied sea eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster; Sanford's sea eagle Icthyophaga sanfordi; African fish eagle Icthyophaga vocifer; Madagascar fish eagle ...
The most important predator of nestlings of the sacred ibis in Kenya is the African fish eagle, which preferentially searches for the largest (sub-)colonies to attack, but in Ethiopia and South Africa it poses less of a threat.
Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. True eagles comprise the genus Aquila. Most of the 68 species of eagles are from Eurasia and Africa. [1]
Savigny's binomial name is now regarded as a junior synonym of Falco albicilla (the white-tailed eagle) that had been described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [1] [2] The genus name is from Latin haliaetus or haliaetos meaning "sea-eagle" or "osprey". [3] This genus includes the following four species: [4]