MARTIAL EAGLE – Polemaetus bellicosus

78–96 cm (1); 3010–6200 g; wingspan 188–227 cm (1). Along with Stephanoaetus coronatus, one of the two largest eagles in Africa. Large headphoto and long, broad blackish wingsphoto notable; upperparts, head, throat and upper breast dark brown; rest of underparts white with brown spots. Grey-and-white juvenilephoto resembles juvenile Stephanoaetus coronatus, but has shorter tail, longer wings and pure white underparts (versus buffy wash on upper breast in Stephanoaetus). Irides yellow in adult, brownish in juvenile; cere and feetphoto greenish-grey

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