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African Fish Eagle
Sign in to saveAlso known as Haliaeetus vocifer, African fish-eagle, African sea eagle, Icthyophaga vocifer
species of bird
The African Fish Eagle is a large bird of prey found across Africa that hunts fish from bodies of water. It is an important symbol in African culture and ecology, serving as a top predator that helps maintain the balance of aquatic ecosystems.
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Species
Least ConcernAfrican fish eagle
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderFalconiformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
吼海雕（學名：Haliaeetus vocifer）又名非洲海雕、三色海鵰、非洲魚鷹，是鷹科的一種猛禽。 吼海雕最近的近親是現屬極危的馬達加斯加海雕（Madagascar Fish-eagle）。像所有海雕的複合種（species pair）般，這一個複合種是由一個白頭的物種（吼海雕）和一個黑頭的物種（馬達加斯加海雕）組成的。兩者的尾部都一定呈白色，甚至是幼鳥也不例外。
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 120
- Image
- Hvidhovedet afrikansk ørn2.png
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- Haliaeetus vocifer
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- afrički štekavac
- litter size
- 2
- egg incubation period
- 43
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
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The African fish eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer) or the African sea eagle is a large species of eagle found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply occur. It is the national bird of Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. As a result of its large range, it is known in many languages. Examples of names include: visarend in Afrikaans, nkwazi in Chewa, aigle pêcheur in French, idì in Yoruba, hungwe in Shona, inkwazi in isiZulu, and ntšhu in Northern Sotho. Though this species may superficially resemble the bald eagle in appearance they are not closely related and the two species occur on different continents, with the bald eagle being endemic to North America.
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