Long-crested Eagle
Lophaetus occipitalis - Aigle huppard
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Lophaetus
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Species:
occipitalis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 58 cm
- Wingspan: 112 à 129 cm.
- Weight: 910 à 1520 g
Geographic range
Identification
Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Aigle huppard,
- Águila crestilarga,
- águia-de-penacho,
- Schopfadler,
- bokrétás sas,
- Afrikaanse Zwarte Kuifarend,
- Aquila crestalunga,
- tofsörn,
- Toppørn,
- orol dlhochochlatý,
- orel chocholatý,
- Topørn,
- töyhtökotka,
- Langkuifarend,
- àguila emplomallada,
- orlik długoczuby,
- Гребенчатый орёл,
- エボシクマタカ,
- 长冠鹰雕,
- 長冠鵰,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Birds of East Africa, C.A.W. Guggisberg
- Birds of Southern Africa, Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton
- Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands, Alan and Meg Kemp
- Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Global Raptor Information Network,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes