Species Polemaetus bellicosus (Daudin, 1800) (Martial eagle)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Aves
  • --- order: Accipitriformes
  • ---- family: Accipitridae
  • ----- species: Polemaetus bellicosus
Characteristics:carnivore; body-length: 78-83 cm; dark head and throat; white, spotted breast; dark wings
Countries:

BW
Botswana
CD
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
ET
Ethiopia
GM
Gambia
KE
Kenya
NA
Namibia
SZ
Swaziland
TZ
Tanzania, United Republic of
UG
Uganda
ZA
South Africa
ZM
Zambia
Ecoregions:

AT0101
Albertine Rift montane forests
AT0108
East African montane forests
AT0112
Ethiopian montane forests
AT0125
Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0704
Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
AT0705
East Sudanian savanna
AT0706
Eastern Miombo woodlands
AT0711
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0714
Serengeti volcanic grasslands
AT0715
Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0716
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0721
Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
AT0722
West Sudanian savanna
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0902
Etosha Pan halophytics
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1005
East African montane moorlands
AT1008
Ethiopian montane moorlands
AT1314
Nama Karoo
AT1316
Namibian savanna woodlands
Links:
References:Sinclair 1994: 76
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/30865062
Date: 2012-01-20
Creator: Buckens, Johan
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Polemaetus bellicosus

Lake Nakuru, Kenya, 2010

Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/24941080
Date: 1977-02-01
Place: Arusha, Tanzania
Creator: David Bygott
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Juvenile Martial Eagle, Ngorongoro

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