[Taxacom] TV report of Eagle caught in Ethiopia during an attempted attack on a child

[Mary Barkworth]

In this video, this raptor is captured.  This official in the Afdheer district of the Ethiopian Somali region mentions that it is captured during an attempted attack on a child. https://www.facebook.com/AfmeerMedia/videos/389429615079837/.

One of the concerns of the colleagues who initiated the inquiry*  is that local people may target all raptors. There is a checklist for the birds of Somaliland derived from Ash and Miskell, Birds of Somalia under Flora Projects (an oops to be corrected one day) on https://openzoomuseum.org/. Lots of ACCIPITRIDAE.  

If anyone is interested in helping SBF develop knowledge of birds (or any other organisms) in Somaliland, please contact me (mary.barkworth [at] usu.edu).  Warning, the Foundation is tiny. It cannot provide financial support. Its goal is to help build Somaliland's capabilities for documenting and conserving its biodiversity. Because I am a botanist, the focus so far has been on plants. Newsletters can be found under the news tab at http://www.somalilandbiodiversity.org. And yes, donations are welcome. 

Mary
*Ahmed Awale, CEO of Candlelight for Environment, Education; and Health and Chair of the Somaliland Biodiversity Foundation (SBF); Shukri, the Minister of Environment and Rural Development; and Faisal Gelle, Museum Manager and botanist, Biodiversity Museum of SBF-


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From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> On Behalf Of Kenneth Kinman via Taxacom
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 7:07 PM
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Help with identification of an eagle in Somaliland
Ash and Miskell, Birds of Somalia
Hi Laurent,
        But would an African Hawk Eagle be large enough to badly injure (much less kill) a human child?   Also, there is another photograph showing a dorsal view of the eagle, and the person appears to be holding it by its "crown" (see weblink below).   Would an African Hawk Eagle have anything like that on its head?

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33307913

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Something<https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33307913>
Something on September 24, 2019 at 02:44 PM EAT by barkworth. Assistance requested; locals think it is not native. Reports of eagles attacking people, particularly children lead to interest.
www.inaturalist.org

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From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> on behalf of Laurent Raty via Taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 3:11 PM
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Help with identification of an eagle in Somaliland

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]<ht
> tps://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<http://www.youtube.com>
>
>
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> 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=an
> y&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
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