Stephanoaetus coronatus
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Stephanoaetus coronatus |
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Stephanoaetus coronatus |
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Aigle couronné |
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Crowned Eagle |
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| Thela (Kitshok); Mpongo (Lomongo); Aigle = cimini (Kiluba) ; aigle = Muyumba, mumba, kabembe,kibaba (Kisonge); aigle = mpungunyunyu (Tshiluba); aigle = ewango, engondo, lilelembe (Lingala) ; eagle = chisandankanga (Lunda) | |
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Large, dark plumage, breast and belly mottled with black, barred tail and a crest on the head. Underwings are rufous with white primaries and secondaries barred with black. |
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In Katanga this forest bird is only seen in highly arboreus southern savannahs and around Kapanga at the limit of the primary forest. |
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True killer. Its prey are sometimes double its weight. Attacks mammals (monkeys, antelopes) who represent almost the totality of its diet. |
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The youg is raised for almost a year, therefore reproducces only every two years, which is exceptional in the birds' world. Some of them are known to have lived for 16 years. |
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By teh Tshokwe seers: Thela the crowend eagle. Present in the basket as a claw. Negative object linked to sorcerers. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
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