Bateleur Eagle 2 by danob

Photography • Creatures • posted on Mar 11, 2007

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This Stunning Eagle reminds me of an Indian Chief in full head of feathers.. From South Africa, I would imagine had it been native to America they would certainly have revered this eagle! A few more facts to add to the last image of this Eagle: The Bateleur is a colourful species with a very short tail (ecaudatus is Latin for tailless) which makes it unmistakable in flight. The adult male is 60 to 75 cm (24 to 30 in) long with a 175 cm (5.75 ft) wingspan. He has black plumage except for the chestnut mantle and tail, grey shoulders, and red facial skin, bill and legs. The female is similar to the male except that she has grey rather than black secondary flight feathers. Immature birds are brown with white dappling and have greenish facial skin. It takes them seven or eight years to reach full maturity and when they are this amazing colour. Best viewed full size, and thanks for looking and any comments you care to make..

Comments (42)

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rawdodb

9:36AM | Sun, 11 March 2007

Impressive !!!!!!!!!

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sharky_

9:50AM | Sun, 11 March 2007

In your face capture. Beautiful Portrait. Aloha

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CavalierLady

9:52AM | Sun, 11 March 2007

I've never seen a shot that showed the fierceness and wildness of its nature so well.

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erlandpil

10:04AM | Sun, 11 March 2007

A good one again erland

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kenwas

10:05AM | Sun, 11 March 2007

An amazing creature and capture!

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RodolfoCiminelli

10:21AM | Sun, 11 March 2007

Fantastic and impressive photo Daniel.....!!!

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nattarious

10:56AM | Sun, 11 March 2007

What an EAGLE Dany!!! That is really impressive shot my friend! And i haven't seen anything like it in my whole life! Love the soft focus and your compo! The POV is stunning as well tho! So congratulations for such capture and hope to see more wild shots :D Oh! Psss. Thank you so much for the comment/welcome my friend! You are one of the best for real. And you know it mean a lot to me tho! Respect Mr. Dan. Now hope you will enjoy the rest of your weekend, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh! Its sunny today JOE

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