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Martial eagle, bateleur, secretarybird and Pel’s fishing owl are among the most sought-after raptors in Africa — and several are now Endangered, which makes a good sighting both a privilege and a reminder of what is at stake.
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11 species
Polemaetus bellicosus
Africa’s largest eagle, powerful enough to take a small antelope — and now Endangered across its range.
Read field guideTerathopius ecaudatus
An almost tailless eagle that rocks side to side as it glides — one of the great sights of the Tanzanian sky.
Read field guideIcthyophaga vocifer Furukombe
The ringing, head-thrown-back cry of this white-headed eagle is the definitive sound of African water.
Read field guideSagittarius serpentarius
A crane-legged eagle that hunts on foot and kills snakes by stamping — striding the Serengeti plains in pairs.
Read field guideGyps rueppelli
The highest-flying bird ever recorded, and a Critically Endangered cornerstone of the Serengeti’s clean-up crew.
Read field guideGypohierax angolensis
A striking black-and-white vulture that lives mainly on the fruit of oil palms — the world’s only largely vegetarian raptor.
Read field guideLophaetus occipitalis
A small black eagle with a shaggy, wind-blown crest, perched patiently over grassland edges in the Ngorongoro highlands.
Read field guideButeo augur
A highland buzzard with a brick-red tail, hanging on the wind above the Ngorongoro crater rim.
Read field guideStephanoaetus coronatus
The most powerful eagle in Africa, hunting monkeys and small antelope inside the forest canopy.
Read field guideScotopelia peli
A huge ginger owl that fishes by night along the Rufiji — one of the most sought-after birds in Africa.
Read field guideFalco eleonorae
A slender Mediterranean falcon that winters in East Africa — an elegant seasonal visitor over Ruaha’s baobab country.
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