Order Accipitriformes
Family Accipitridae
Genus Aquila
Scientific Name
Aquila verreauxii
Other Names
Black eagle
Thumbnail Description
It is the seventh or eighth heaviest living eagle in the world
Size & Weight
- BODY-LENGTH: 75 to 96 cm (30 to 38 in)
- WEIGHT: (males) 3 to 4.2 kg (6.6 to 9.3 lb) (females) 1 to 7 kg (6.8 to 15.4 lb)
- WINGSPAN: 1.81 to 2.3 m (5 ft 11 in to 7 ft 7 in)
- WING CHORD: (males) 5 to 59.5 cm (22.2 to 23.4 in) (females) 59 to 64 cm (23 to 25 in)
- TAIL: 27.2 to 36 cm (10.7 to 14.2 in)
- TARSUS LENGTH: 5 to 11 cm (3.7 to 4.3 in)
Habitat
Rocky hills, high mountains, cliffs, gorges, inselbergs, savanna, thornbush, sub-desert; altitude 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
Range
Sudan (Marra Mountains), Somalia (northern mountains), Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lake Kariba, Cape Fold Mountains, southeastern Angola, Niger, northeastern chad, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Botswana, western Namibia
Diet
Pomacea snails, bat hawk, palm-nut vulture, lizard buzzard, rufous crab hawk, yellow-spotted rock hyrax, Cape hyrax, hares, rabbits, ground squirrels, grouse, antelopes, hares, rabbits, meerkats (Suricata suricatta), other mongooses, monkeys, squirrels, cane rats, bushbabies, lambs, waterfowl, herons, egrets, bustards, pigeons, crows, great sparrowhawk, mountain reedbuck, scrub hare, Cape francolin, Angulate tortoise, white-tailed mongoose, rock pigeon, white-necked raven, helmeted guineafowl, southern red-billed hrnbil, natal francolin, steenbok, dikdiks, chacma baboons
Number of Eggs
2 – 3 eggs
Eggs Size
LENGTH: 71 to 83.4 mm (2.80 to 3.28 in)
WIDTH: 56–62 mm (2.2–2.4 in)
Breeding Season
November – August
June – December (East Africa)
Incubation Period
43 to 47 days
Nestling Period
20 days
Nest
WIDTH: 1.8 m (71 in)
DEPTH: 2 m (6.6 ft)
Fledging Period
95–99 days
Gestation Period
Unknown
Weaning Period
Unknown
Sexual Maturity
Unknown
Population
Unknown
Lifespan
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Baby Name
Unknown
Home Range
10.9 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Group Size
Unknown
Predators
African wildcats, leopards, caracals, Cape eagle-owl, puff adders, jackals, owls, African rock pythons, Ethiopian wolf, harpy eagle, Egyptian cobras
Sounds
whaeee-whaeee, heeeee-oh, keeooo-keeooo
Behavior
Diurnal
Conservation Status
Least Concern
