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- Aquila africana
Spizaetus africanus
Identification
- White underparts
- Black patches on side of breast
- Black axillaries and underwing-coverts
- Black upperparts
- Tail banded dark and light brown
- Pale yellow cere and feet
Distribution
Humid forests of west and central sub-Saharan Africa: found from Togo east to Uganda and northern Tanzania, also recorded in Liberia and the Ivory Coast.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
It was formerly placed in genus Spizaetus
Habitat
Dense forest, dense canopy.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Bioone Online Journals
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Cassin's Hawk-Eagle. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 March 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cassin%27s_Hawk-Eagle
