Post by bob on Oct 13, 2009 23:15:14 GMT -5
a medium-sized eagle, next to the big eagles, it often loses encounters with steppe and even sometimes tawny eagles...these fishing eagles have less impressive talons and weak feet compared to the booted eagles...another thing is that, this is one of the smallest "fishing eagles" , it seems that unlike many other mammals, african eagles are relatively smaller in comparison with eagles of other continents.
text below taken from wikipedia, but some of the info is wrong, will post more accurate data later../
Its closest relative appears to be the critically endangered Madagascar Fish-eagle (H. vociferoides). Like all sea-eagle species pairs, this one consists of a white-headed species (the African Fish Eagle) and a tan-headed one. These are an ancient lineage of sea-eagles, and as such have dark talons, beaks, and eyes (Wink et al. 1996). Both species have at least partially white tails even as juveniles.The African Fish Eagle is a large bird, and the female, at 3.2-3.6 kg (7-8 lbs) is larger than the male, at 2-2.5 kg (4.4-5.5 lbs). Males usually have a wingspan of about 2 m (6 feet), while females have wingspans of 2.4 m (8 feet). The length is 63–75 cm (25-30 in). They are very distinctive in appearance with a mostly brown body and large, powerful, black wings. The head, breast, and tail of African Fish Eagles are snow white and the hook-shaped beak is mostly yellow with a black tip.
the underlined information were wrong...like most, these r often generalized and exxgarated
Wingspan is 175-210cm, length 63-75cm, tail 19-24cm
