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RANGE Africa: widespread and common over most of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south to the Cape. Scarce or absent from much of Somalia and the arid south-west. Probably largely resident with dispersal in response to rains in more arid areas. | RANGE Africa: widespread and common over most of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south to the Cape. Scarce or absent from much of Somalia and the arid south-west. Probably largely resident with dispersal in response to rains in more arid areas. | ||
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| + | An extremely rare vagrant to the Western Palearctic recorded in Egypt in November 1947 and at Lake Nasser, a juvenile in October 1997. A record of three birds in Sinai in November 1967 is now rejected. | ||
HABITAT Rivers and lakes and along coasts and in estuaries and mangroves. Usually requires large trees for lookouts and nesting. | HABITAT Rivers and lakes and along coasts and in estuaries and mangroves. Usually requires large trees for lookouts and nesting. | ||
Revision as of 07:38, 19 May 2007
- Haliaeetus vocifer
Description
Location: Kai Hai Islands, Central River Division, The Gambia
Identification
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer RANGE Africa: widespread and common over most of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south to the Cape. Scarce or absent from much of Somalia and the arid south-west. Probably largely resident with dispersal in response to rains in more arid areas.
An extremely rare vagrant to the Western Palearctic recorded in Egypt in November 1947 and at Lake Nasser, a juvenile in October 1997. A record of three birds in Sinai in November 1967 is now rejected.
HABITAT Rivers and lakes and along coasts and in estuaries and mangroves. Usually requires large trees for lookouts and nesting.
Lake Zwai Ethiopia
