Eagles
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Published : December 2, 2016
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Type:Aves Order:Accipitriformes Diet: Size:Large, powerfully built birds of prey, with heavy heads and beaks Weight: Protection Status: General Background: Eagle…
Type:
Aves
Order:
Accipitriformes
Diet:
Size:
Large, powerfully built birds of prey, with heavy heads and beaks
Weight:
Protection Status:
General Background:
Eagle is a common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae; it belongs to several groups of genera that are not necessarily closely related to each other.
Most of the 60 species of eagles are from Eurasia and Africa.
Eagle Species found in Zimbabwe:
- African Fish Eagle
- Black-breasted snake eagle
- Brown snake eagle
- Southern banded snake eagle
- Banded snake eagle
- Lesser spotted eagle
- African hawk-eagle
- Wahlberg’s eagle
- Booted eagle
- Ayres’s hawk-eagle
- Martial eagle
- Long-crested eagle
- Crowned hawk-eagle
