Bird of (and with) prey

• by Snorticus

  Look at this great bird that @puddock found! It is standing on some kind of prey. @Orohena suggested ID Martial Eagle which seems good to me. It has the black & white belly and the top-knot head feathers.

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  Posted July 25, 2017 10:21 PM

• by MimiA scientist, moderator

  wonderful!! where are our bird experts at 😄

  Posted July 25, 2017 11:46 PM

• by puddock

  With the help of Google, I'm wondering about the Congo Serpent Eagle...looks about right and the behaviour seems similar, although I think the prey is a large fish, not a snake or lizard, which is its usual prey...

  Posted July 26, 2017 1:08 AM

• by lauraklynn moderator

  I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I think it looks like an African Crowned Eagle?!

  Posted July 26, 2017 5:29 AM

• by Orohena

  Ahah so... Martial Eagle

  

  or Congo Serpent Eagle

  

  or African Crowned Eagle.

  

  Very difficult to me because they all seem to be present in the area of Green Snowflake.
  They all have this top-knot head feathers.
  The Congo Serpent Eagle have black feather starting on the head and stop right after the head and the 2others seem to have the "neck" in black feathers too.
  The Martial Eagle seem to have a very white belly with grey dot, and the African Crowned Eagle seem to have a darker belly.

  Keep in mind that this comment is based on Google Images 😄

  If I look at the picture of this bird
  

  I would be more confident with the guess of @lauraklynn : the African Crowned Eagle

  Posted July 26, 2017 9:10 AM

• by lauraklynn moderator

  These images are all from the Handbook of the Birds of the World website

  Martial Eagle:

  

  Congo Serpent Eagle:

  

  African Crowned Eagle:

  

  It could be something else entirely, as I am unfamiliar with the full selection of birds in Africa, but of the 3, it still looks most like the Crowned Eagle.

  Posted July 26, 2017 9:49 PM

• by yshish moderator

  It looks like an African Crowned to me too.

  Posted July 26, 2017 10:32 PM

• by puddock

  Excellent detective work everyone - I'm coming round to African Crowned too...

  Posted July 27, 2017 1:25 AM

• by Boleyn moderator

  The crown is yours, Laura 😉

  Posted July 27, 2017 12:28 PM

• by MimiA scientist, moderator

  You guys are awesome!!! 😄 thank you!

  Posted July 29, 2017 10:03 PM

• by Snorticus

  ha ha, @Boleyn So @lauraklynn it looks like agreement on African Crowned Eagle with the wide belly bars. I think I see the brown upper underside of the wings too. That's a new bird for us!

  Posted July 30, 2017 7:21 PM

• by MimiA scientist, moderator

  Time for a new hashtag! I leave it up to you guys to pick the tag, add it and add it to the keyword list 😃

  Posted July 31, 2017 10:26 AM

• by yshish moderator

  #African_crowned_eagle was created and added to the list. Now we need to tag all the videos displaying the handsome bird! 😄

  Posted July 31, 2017 2:23 PM