>> GENERAL >>>>>
– very large raptor, larger than Common Buzzard
– mainly subsahran African distribution, rare breeder in Southern WP
– mainly non-migratory, but dispersion of immatures
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax, 1CY
BIF2832, 07/12/2018, Tsavo West NP, Kenya, Roland Neumann
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax, 1CY
BIF2833, 07/12/2018, Tsavo West NP, Kenya, Roland Neumann
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax, 3CY
BIF2506, 02/01/2015, Yabello, Ethiopia, Mathias Putze
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax, 3CY
BIF2507, 02/01/2015, Yabello, Ethiopia, Mathias Putze
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
usually nonvocal during migration
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Steppe Eagle (v)
Greater Spotted Eagle (v)
Lesser Spotted Eagle (v)
Pallas’s Fish Eagle (v)
Eastern Imperial Eagle (v)
Bonelli’s Eagle (JUV) (v)
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