Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Martial Eagle

Polemaetus bellicosus

The Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) is a 4.0 kg grassland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

4.0 kg

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

20

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Gambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, eSwatini, Benin, Rwanda, Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Where to see it: Samburu NR (General - please use more specific hotspot if possible) (Kenya); Air and Tenere National Nature Reserve (Niger); Serengeti NP (Tanzania); Majete Game Reserve (Malawi); Chobe NP (Savuti region) (Botswana).

Photo: (c) Peter Archdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist