Bateleur: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the bateleur lives – recorded in 18 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Terathopius ecaudatus
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	18 countries
Continents	Africa
Mass	168 g (birth weight); 2.24 kg (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the bateleur live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the bateleur in 18 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 a bateleur?

Wikidata records the following for the bateleur: mass 168 g (birth weight); 2.24 kg (adult weight).

Is the bateleur endangered?

The bateleur’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the bateleur?

The bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Terathopius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the bateleur

The bateleur (; Terathopius ecaudatus), also known as the bateleur eagle, is a medium-sized eagle in the family Accipitridae. It is often considered a relative of the snake eagles and, like them, it is classified within the subfamily Circaetinae. It is the only member of the genus Terathopius and may be the origin of the "Zimbabwe Bird", the national emblem of Zimbabwe. Adult bateleurs are generally black in colour with a chestnut colour on the mantle as well as on the rump and tail. Adults also have gray patches about the leading edges of the wings (extending to the secondaries in females) with bright red on their cere and their feet. Adults also show white greater coverts, contrasting with black remiges in males, gray patches on the underwing primaries and black wingtips. The juvenile bateleur is quite different, being largely drab brown with a bit of paler feather scaling. All bateleurs have extremely large heads for their size, rather small bills, large feet, relatively short legs, long, bow-like wings and uniquely short tails, which are much smaller still on adults compared to juvenile birds.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bateleur (revision 1379926848), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q726387 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).