Tuesday, September 22, 2015

A extremely strong species in the Eagle family members is recognized as the Crowned Eagle of Africa which is a extremely big and sturdy prey bird. It is biologically identified as Stephanoaetus coronatus.  The habitat the Crowned Eagle is restricted only to the eastern parts of African continent. Occasionally the Crowned Eagle of Africa is also confused with the South American Crowned Solitary Eagle which is a diverse species. The Crowned Eagle of Africa preys generally the small mammals like Cape Hyrax,  Chlorocebus monkeys and modest antelopes.


African Crowned Eagle

The nature of the prey of the Crowned Eagle of Africa denotes the powerful and powerful characteristic of this prey bird.The most prominent feature of the Crowned Eagle of Africa is its really sturdy legs and claws which help him to hunt and kill its prey. The Crowned Eagle of Africa has broad and rounded wingspan and its belly and breast is heavily mottled with black. The variety of the Crowned Eagle of Africa consists of the dense and hillside woodlands of the forested components of Africa, at an altitude of up to at least three,000 meters (9,800 ft). Usually the African Crowned Eagles restrict themselves to their fixed territory so they are non-migratory birds. The vocalization of the Crowned Eagle of Africa is fairly noisy and they scream loudly in rise and fall pitches. The Crowned Eagle pairs breed when each two years and a single breeding cycle is of about 500 days in duration.

As other endangered species, the Crowned Eagle of Africa is also threatened due to the massive deforestation in its organic habitat. The require of the day is to shield their habitat from illegal logging and destruction.

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