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Polemaetus bellicosus

Photo by Mybs
Location: Kruger National Park, South Africa

[edit] Identification

Length 78-83 cm, mass 3-6 kg; a huge eagle.
Juvenile has head and breast pale, but white feathering on legs and unbarred flight feathers separate this from juvenile Crowned Hawk-Eagle.

[edit] Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Savanna, open woodland and forest edge.

[edit] Behaviour

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