Home Log Out
Birdpedia - Central African Republic         | Home | Birds | Calendar | Reserves | Field Trips | Sightings | Reports | Contacts | [HBW - BirdLife (v3)] 13/05/2024 01:12:11 PM
Species Database
Find
Quick Links
News
 
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] Print... Email... 

 LC    African Fish-Eagle* Id (Atlas):
    Haliaeetus vocifer

Description (10)
Image of African Fish-Eagle
 

Other Names (World)
African Fish-Eagle, Fish Eagle, River Eagle, African Fish Eagle

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
73 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Daudin, 1800)

Range (Guide)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Lesotho (B), 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 Egypt.

Senegambia east to Ethiopia and south to South Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is 300,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (86)...)

 
African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) [XC517395]
     by Louis A. Hansen from Kilombero river (sailing on the river), near Ifakara bridge, Ulanga, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (call)

 
African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) [XC556786]
     by Antonio Xeira from City of Matlosana (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Madagascar Fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vociferoides).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) - 10 files


More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the African Fish-Eagle see... Show Articles BirdLife International Species Factsheet.


Articles about the African Fish-Eagle

If you would like to read any articles about the African Fish-Eagle... Show Articles Show Articles (0)


No Pictures of African Fish-Eagle

If Birdpedia has no pictures of African Fish-Eagle or you would like to see more, then try the following...

      Show External Images from BING From BING (10)


No Videos of African Fish-Eagle

If Birdpedia has no videos of African Fish-Eagle or you would like to see more, then try the following..

      Show External Videos From BING (0)


Where can I observe this species?
Select an area (or leave blank) to see locations where this species has been recorded.

Area
  All   

Optional: Complete the following if you wish to restrict the reserve to within a given distance of a location.

Please enter the Latitude and Longitiude of a given location together with the maximum distance (km) to display a list of reserves within that distance. You must enter a Latitude, a Longitude and a distance greater than 0.
 
Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   GPS help
Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   Find GPS using Google Maps
Distance Bearing  
Get Sample GPS readings


On What Field Trips was this species observed?
Select an area (or leave blank), and a date range, to see field trips on which this species has been recorded.

Area
  All   

From To  
 

Optional: Complete the following if you wish to restrict the reserve to within a given distance of a location.

Please enter the Latitude and Longitiude of a given location together with the maximum distance (km) to display a list of reserves within that distance. You must enter a Latitude, a Longitude and a distance greater than 0.
 
Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   GPS help
Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or
Distance Bearing  
Get Sample GPS readings


Latest Sightings for African Fish-Eagle
Select the Area to restrict the Sightings.

Area
  All