Adult Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
Serengeti National Park
Tanzania
East Africa
The Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax) is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. It was once considered to be closely related to the migratory Steppe Eagle, Aquila nipalensis, and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific species.
It breeds in most of Africa both north and south of the Sahara Desert and across tropical southwestern Asia to India.
Throughout its range it favors open dry habitats, such as desert, semi-desert, steppes, or savannah.
The Tawny Eagle's diet is largely fresh carrion of all kinds, but it will kill small mammals up to the size of a rabbit, reptiles and birds up to the size of guineafowl.
The call of the Tawny Eagle is a crow-like barking, but it is rather a silent bird except in display. – Wikipedia
Adult Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
Serengeti National Park
Tanzania
East Africa
The Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax) is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. It was once considered to be closely related to the migratory Steppe Eagle, Aquila nipalensis, and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific species.
It breeds in most of Africa both north and south of the Sahara Desert and across tropical southwestern Asia to India.
Throughout its range it favors open dry habitats, such as desert, semi-desert, steppes, or savannah.
The Tawny Eagle's diet is largely fresh carrion of all kinds, but it will kill small mammals up to the size of a rabbit, reptiles and birds up to the size of guineafowl.
The call of the Tawny Eagle is a crow-like barking, but it is rather a silent bird except in display. – Wikipedia