African fish eagle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the African fish eagle lives – recorded in 21 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Haliaeetus vocifer
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	21 countries
Continents	Africa
Mass	2.24 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.4 kg (female organism, adult weight); 120 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the African fish eagle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the African fish eagle in 21 countries and territories across Africa. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Burkina Faso.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an African fish eagle?

Wikidata records the following for the African fish eagle: mass 2.24 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.4 kg (female organism, adult weight); 120 g (birth weight).

Is the African fish eagle endangered?

The African fish eagle’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the African fish eagle?

The African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Haliaeetus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the African fish eagle

The African fish eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer) or the African sea eagle is a large species of eagle found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply occur. It is the national bird of Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. As a result of its large range, it is known in many languages. Examples of names include: visarend in Afrikaans, nkwazi in Chewa, aigle pêcheur in French, idì in Yoruba, hungwe in Shona, inkwazi in isiZulu, and ntšhu in Northern Sotho. Though this species may superficially resemble the bald eagle in appearance they are not closely related and the two species occur on different continents, with the bald eagle being endemic to North America.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article African fish eagle (revision 1354731147), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q217497 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).