Verreaux's Eagle (Aquila verreauxii)

Verreaux's Eagle, a reference photo — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Verreaux's eagle (; Aquila verreauxii) is a large, mostly African, bird of prey. It is also called the black eagle, especially in southern Africa, not to be confused with the black eagle (Ictinaetus malayensis) of south and southeast Asia. The Verreaux's eagle lives in hilly and mountainous regions of southern and eastern Africa (extending marginally into Chad, Mali and Niger), and very locally in the Middle East.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Verreaux's Eagle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Aquila chrysaetos
Buteo rufofuscus
Hamirostra melanosternon
Hieraaetus wahlbergi
Aquila fasciata
Buteo galapagoensis

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Aquila
Species: Aquila verreauxii

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