Location
West Coast, Western Cape
South Africa
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 640 mm
Exposure 1/640, f/7.1, ISO 640
Image size 800 x 533 pixels
IOC Names
Order Accipitriformes Family Accipitridae
Deutsch Kaffernadler Dutch Zwarte Arend
Italian Aquila di Verreaux Spanish Aguila Cafre
Comments
A massive black eagle (length of female, 38") with a white V around the upper back. It lives in rocky mountainous country from 900-3500 m, near inaccessible cliff nesting sites where its main prey, Rock Hyrax, lives. This mammal weighing 4-12 lb needs rock outcrops with numerous cavities big enough to admit it while excluding most of its predators..
Estes RD (1993): The Safari Companion, Russel Friedman Books, South Africa
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| 19/11/2010 |
Verreaux's Eagle |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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