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 LC    Wahlberg's Eagle* Id (Atlas):
    Hieraaetus wahlbergi

Description (10)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
60 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sundevall, 1851)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Gabon.

Mauritania east to Ethiopia and south to South Africa.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

 
Wahlberg's Eagle (Hieraaetus wahlbergi) [XC101215]
     by David C. Moyer from Gwassi Hills, Kenya (call)

 
Wahlberg's Eagle (Hieraaetus wahlbergi) [XC437177]
     by James and David Bradley from Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
May be associated with genus Hieraaetus, and has on occasion even been transferred to it, on grounds mainly of behaviour.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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