Accipitridae

Mara, Tanzania

H1-3 Road South of Satara, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA

Oshikoto, Namibia

Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa

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Mara, Tanzania

Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Kasane, Caprivi, Namibia

Oshikoto, Namibia

Arusha, Tanzania

Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Newent, England, United Kingdom

Masai Mara Game Reserve, Rift Valley Province, KENYAScanned Slide from September 1993

Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Kamfersboom, Auob Riverbed, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, SOUTH AFRICA

Mpumalanga, South Africa

Orpen, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Pafuri, Gaza Province, Mozambique

Kgalagadi, Botswana

canon 5D, 100-400LWidely distributed across the country except in the most arid regions.The Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax) is a large bird of prey. It is about 62-72 cm in length and has a wingspan of 165-185cm. The Tawny Eagle's diet is largely fresh carrion of all kinds, but it will kill small mammals up to the size of a rabbit, reptiles and birds up to the size of guineafowl. It will also steal food from other raptors. Throughout its range it favours open dry habitats, such as desert, semi-desert, steppes, or savannah. This is a large eagle with tawny upperparts and blackish flight feathers and tail. The lower back is very pale. The Tawny Eagle looks very similar to the migratory Steppe Eagle, however the 2 can be told aprt from the length of the gape flange which never extends beyond the middle of the eye in the Tawny Eagle.

Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa

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Crocodile Bridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa