Verreaux's eagle
aquila verreauxii latin

Verreaux's Eagle in particular is a specialist hunter of hyrax.

Their major predators are the Verreaux's Eagle and the caracal.

A pair of Verreaux's Eagle may hunt cooperatively.

Verreaux's Eagle Owls mainly hunt by gliding down on their prey from a perch.

It is highly territorial and can often be seen with another Verreaux's Eagle, with whom it mates for life.

There are reports stating that the Verreaux's Eagle also preys on monkeys, small antelope and seldom on reptiles and carrion.

In the Bale Mountains, the Golden Eagle overlaps with perhaps its closest living relative, the Verreaux's Eagle.

The mantled guereza is mostly preyed on by the crowned hawk-eagle, but it is also eaten by other birds of prey such as Verreaux's eagle.

The Martial Eagle is found in savanna, while Verreaux's Eagle is found in areas with rocky terrain and mountains.

However, any other owl encountered, including the very large Pel's Fishing Owl, are potential prey for the Verreaux's Eagle Owl.

The latest research indicates it forms a worldwide superspecies with Verreaux's Eagle, Gurney's Eagle and the Wedge-tailed Eagle.

The Verreaux's Eagle Owl is found through much of Sub-Saharan Africa, though it is absent from the Namib Desert and most of the deep rainforests.

Cheetahs are also capable of catching warthogs of up to their own weight and raptors such as Verreaux's Eagle Owls and Martial Eagles sometimes prey on piglets.

Verreaux's Eagle (Aquila verreauxii), alternatively known as the Black Eagle (leading to confusion with the Asian Black Eagle), is a large bird of prey.

VERREAUX'S EAGLE or BLACK EAGLE Aquila verreauxi.

Although they overlap in range with several raptors, including larger eagles such as Crowned, Martial and Verreaux's Eagle, they rarely interact and are likely to rarely compete given their differing periods of activity.

Verreaux's Eagle (A. verreauxii) are most similar in size and body shape to the Golden, with the Verreaux's being slightly longer overall but marginally less heavy and long-winged than the Golden Eagle.

The flora and fauna surrounding the Bandas is prolific, with the possibility of seeing game in the surrounding forest (Elephant, Buffalo, Antelope, Colobus Monkey, Augur Buzzard & Verreaux's Eagle).

Several bird species live in the Afro-alpine zone, including sunbirds, alpine chats and starlings and the raptors Augur Buzzard, Lammergeier and Verreaux's Eagle, the latter of which specializes in hunting hyraxes.

Red-tufted Sunbirds live here, as well as alpine chats, Slender-billed Starlings, wagtails and birds of prey such as augur buzzard, lammergeier, Mackinder's eagle owl, and Verreaux's eagle (which specializes on hunting rock hyrax).

Verreaux's eagle, Aquila verreauxii (protonym, Aquila Verreauxii), Lesson, 1831, also known as the African black eagle or erroneously, as the black eagle, photographed high in the Champagne Valley in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa.

Genetic research has recently indicated the Golden Eagle is included in a clade with Verreaux's Eagle in Africa as well as the Gurney's Eagle (A. gurneyi) and the Wedge-tailed Eagle (clearly part of an Australasian radiation of the lineage).

Verreaux's Eagle (Aquila verreauxii), alternatively known as the Black Eagle (leading to confusion with the Asian Black Eagle), is a large bird of prey.

Verreaux's eagle, Aquila verreauxii (protonym, Aquila Verreauxii), Lesson, 1831, also known as the African black eagle or erroneously, as the black eagle, photographed high in the Champagne Valley in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa.