long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) Long-crested Eagle - Mt.Kenya - Kenya
Date 27 October 2009, 14:14
Source Long-crested Eagle - Mt.Kenya - Kenya_H8O3625
Author Francesco Veronesi from Italy https://www.flickr.com/people/30818542@N04
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long-crested_Eagle_-_Mt.Kenya_-_Kenya_H8O3625_(15526738692).jpg
The long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) is an African bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae. It is currently placed in a monotypic genus Lophaetus. The long-crested eagles occur in sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and Gambia eastwards to Ethiopia and south to the Eastern Cape, in South Africa, northern Namibia and northern Botswana.
