African fish eagle
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The African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) or the African sea eagle is a large species of eagle.[2]
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African fish eagle | |
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Lake Mburo, Uganda | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Haliaeetus |
Species: | H. vocifer |
Binomial name | |
Haliaeetus vocifer (Daudin, 1800) | |
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It is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa where there are large bodies of open water with plenty of fish. It is the national bird of Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Sudan.
This species looks a bit like the bald eagle. They are related, but live on different continents. The bald eagle lives in North America.