🦅African Fish Eagle
El pigargo vocinglero (Haliaeetus vocifer) es una especie de ave accipitriforme de la familia Accipitridae ampliamente distribuida por los ríos y lagos del África subsahariana, que se alimenta básicamente de peces. No se conocen subespecies. Es el ave nacional de Zambia y Namibia.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 3.4 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the African Fish Eagle
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.4 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female3.4 kgWikidataQ217497
- Male2.24 kgWikidataQ217497
Tail length0.23 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.55 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.06 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.09 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatWetlandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleInsessorialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3.4 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for African Fish Eagle yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderAccipitriformes
- ›familyAccipitridae
- ›genusHaliaeetus
- ›speciesHaliaeetus vocifer
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
- genusHaliaeetus
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
- genusHaliaeetus
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