Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)

Other Names (World)
Bateleur, Bateleur Eagle

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
55 - 70 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Daudin, 1800)

Habitat
Open country, including grasslands, savanna and subdesert thornbush. From sea-level - 3,000 m. occasionally to 4,500 m.

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], C�te dIvoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Yemen (B) (NB), Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Iraq, Israel, Lesotho, Liberia, Tunisia.

Senegambia east to Sudan and Ethiopia then south to Namibia and South Africa.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Poisoning, pesticides, trapping for international trade, nest disturbance from spreading human settlements, and increased intensification and degradation of agricultural land, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) [XC132437]
by id from Ngorongoro, Arusha, Tanzania (begging call, cri d)

Subspecies
Monotypic genus. Several features of morphology, in addition to juvenile plumage and feeding habits, indicate links with Circaetus.

No subspecies.

Similar Species
Shape is unmistakable but Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) and Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) share a combination of black, white and chestnut plumage.

References
See References.

Files:

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