Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentarius - Messager sagittaire
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Sagittariidés
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Genus:
Sagittarius
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Species:
serpentarius
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 150 cm
- Wingspan: 191 à 215 cm.
- Weight: 2300 à 4270 g
Longevity
18 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a species of bird in the Sagittariidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Messager sagittaire,
- Secretario,
- secretário,
- Sekretär,
- kígyászkeselyű,
- Secretarisvogel,
- Segretario,
- sekreterarfågel,
- Sekretærfugl,
- hadožrút nohatý,
- hadilov písař,
- Sekretærfugl,
- sihteeri,
- Sekretarisvoël,
- secretari,
- sekretarz,
- Птица-секретарь,
- ヘビクイワシ,
- 鹭鹰,
- 蛇鷲,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland
Sources of information
- Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
- The kiler birds of Kruger, Brett Hilton-Barber Lou Arthur
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Encyclopedia of life,
- wildlife Extra,
- Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- IUCN Red List of Threatened species,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v13.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
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