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Martial Eagle
By: Renee Felker
Scientific
Polemaetus bellicosus
Common:
Martial Eagle
Name:
Lives in Africa Found in Sub-Saharan Africa Absent from central Africa Lives in either open grassland
or wooded savanna.
Natural Habitat:
The Eagle is a solitary animal. It is monogamous Eats medium sized mammals-Like birds and lizards. They are about 4 or 5 before they
reproduce. Oldest Eagle lived to be 25
About:
The Martial Eagle can weigh up to
14 pounds Wing span of 6 or more feet The baby eagles look a lot different
than the adults Baby: Adult:
Size:
The Martial Eagle is mainly dying
from drowning in reservoirs. Also farmers shot them to keep
them away from their land. They also get tangled up in
power lines.
Threats:
Educating the farmers. Research on how to keep them
alive and breed more is being done.
Actions to protect:
Largest game reservation
in Africa Covers over 7,000 miles It is hard for parks to keep
these eagles because other species like elephants interrupt their habitats.
Kruger National Park
Estimated tens of thousands And in South Africa estimated
600 pairs. Reason it is endangered is
because in the past 3 generations (56 years) its population has rapidly decreased.
Population:
Quiz:1. Where are they found?2. Does the Martial Eagle have more
than one mate?3. Has a wing span of how many feet?
4. The Kruger National Park covers how many feet?
5. They can weigh up to how many pounds?
Grizzly Bear Ivory-billed woodpecker Blue Shiner- Fish
Species in America:
http://
www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_martial_eagle.html
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Polemaetus_bellicosus/
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3547
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