Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hawks, Eagles and Kites :: Tawny Eagle

Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax

Described by: Temminck (1828)
Alternate common name(s): Tawny-Eagle, Asian Tawny-Eagle, Asian Tawny-Eagle, Eurasian Tawny-Eagle, African Tawny-Eagle
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India - 2004 © Kees Bakker  Kruger National Park, South Africa - 2003 © Kees Bakker  Kruger National Park, South Africa - 2003 © Kees Bakker  Kruger National Park, South Africa - 2003 © Kees Bakker  Masai Mara, Kenya - Feb 15, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste 
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Range

Nw. Africa; Africa s. of the Sahara; India;
Three populations;
(1) Se. Iran, Pakistan (Baluchistan), s. Nepal, India and Sri Lanka and possibly n. Burma.
(2) Nw. and c. Africa in Morocco, n. Algeria and locally in sw. Mauritania, Senegambia e. through Mali, Burkina Faso, c. and s. Niger, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, s. Chad, c. and s. Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, sw. Arabia s. to n. Zaire and n. Kenya.
(3) Sc. and s. Africa from s. Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and s. Zaire s. to Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe s. to c. South Africa.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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