[Taxacom] Help with identification of an eagle in Somaliland

[Laurent Raty]

This rather looks like a young African Hawk Eagle, Aquila spilogaster, 
to me.
(The pics are not really ideal (too close) to appreciate the general 
structure of the bird. In any case, the pattern of the flight feathers 
(tight, thin, weakly contrasting barring) does not match African Crowned 
Eagle.)

Laurent -


On 9/24/19 6:28 PM, Kenneth Kinman via Taxacom wrote:
> Hi all,
>         Having now seen the pictures, I still think it is most likely a vagrant African Crowned Eagle.  The drought in Ethiopia could certainly cause one to become a vagrant in search for food.  Below is a weblink to a video of one with very similar plumage pattern on the underside:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43qefwBXJXE
> [https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.89U8inGC9WvgYtXvJ0RJXAEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43qefwBXJXE>
> A man feeding an African Crowned eagle<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43qefwBXJXE>
> This man is feeding an African Crowned eagle. The eagle hurt it's ankle and the man is trying to help it by feeding it and restoring it's health. Press Like and Subscribe to me, Faisal Jewell
> www.youtube.com
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> on behalf of Dave Carmean via Taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 10:21 AM
> To: Mary Barkworth <Mary.Barkworth at usu.edu>
> Cc: (Taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu) <Taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Help with identification of an eagle in Somaliland
> 
> Here is a link
> https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?user_id=barkworth&place_id=any&verifiable=any
> to save time for the curious...
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> 
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 7:44 AM Mary Barkworth via Taxacom <
> taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:
> 
>> There are recent reports of an eagle attacking people, particularly
>> children, in the Somali portion of Ethiopia with, so far,  2 deaths and
>> many injuries reported. The pictures are of a bird thought to be the same
>> kind.  They taken south of Burao [=Burco], Somaliland. Local people do not
>> think it is native.  Can anyone help with id - or tell me where I should
>> direct this query. I have posted the pictures to iNaturalist.
>>
>> Mary