Kaffir eagle [1] ( lat. Aquila verreauxii ) [2] - one of the species of eagles that live in Africa . The Latin taxon is named after the French botanist and ornithologist Jules-Pierre Verrault .
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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| International scientific name |
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Aquila verreauxii Lesson , 1830 |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22696067 |
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The area of the Kafra eagle is Africa , from the south of Chad and the Kenyan park of Samburu in the north to Finbosh and the Dragon Mountains in the south, usually lives in dry areas [3] .
The Kaffir eagle is a bird of prey with a body length of 70–95 cm , a mass of 3.5–4.5 kg and a wingspan of about 2 m [4] . The main prey is medium-sized mammals , especially rodents .
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 40. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- ↑ Kaffir Eagle (Aquila verreauxii) Archived March 21, 2012 to Wayback Machine
- ↑ Aquila verreauxii
- ↑ [Gargett, Valerie (1990). The Black Eagle: A Study. South Africa: Acorn Books and Russel Friedman Books. pp. 19, 30-31. ISBN 0-620-11915-2 .]
