Inmaduro © Daniel Jauvin
Adulto © Roland Alder
Inmaduro © Kevin Vande Vusse
Adulto © Michael Todd
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Inmaduro © Julien Lamouroux
Adulto © Donald Lipmanson
© Debbie Hilaire

Águila Marcial Polemaetus bellicosus

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Identificación

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A massive eagle with a short but prominent crest. The adult is uniformly brown on the head, back, and chest, with a pale belly covered in brown blotches. In flight the underwings are brown. Either solitary or in pairs, it inhabits woodland, plains, and semi-desert, where it hunts for vertebrates. Martial Eagles have extremely keen eyesight and can locate prey from six kilometers away. They hunt mostly on the wing and surprise prey from above. Juvenile Martial and Crowned eagles are similar, but Martial has whitish (not buffy) underparts, unspotted flanks, and narrower bars on the tail.

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