Long-crested eagle
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Lophaetus
Kaup, 1847
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L. occipitalis
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| Lophaetus occipitalis (Daudin, 1800)
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The long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae. It is currently placed in a monotypic genus Lophaetus.
A relatively small eagle (about 55 cm), found in Africa south of the Sahara, except in the arid zones. In southern Africa it is a fairly common resident in the eastern areas. It inhabits woodlands, exotic plantations, forest edges and mainly lives off rodents and shrews.
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in Kenya
References
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External links
- Long-crested eagle - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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