Crowned eagle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the crowned eagle lives – recorded in 16 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Stephanoaetus coronatus
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	16 countries
Continents	Africa
Mass	3.41 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.94 kg (female organism, adult weight); 112 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the crowned eagle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the crowned eagle in 16 countries and territories across Africa. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

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 crowned eagle?

Wikidata records the following for the crowned eagle: mass 3.41 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.94 kg (female organism, adult weight); 112 g (birth weight).

Is the crowned eagle endangered?

The crowned eagle’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the crowned eagle?

The crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Stephanoaetus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the crowned eagle

The crowned eagle, also known as the African crowned eagle or the crowned hawk-eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus), is a large bird of prey found in sub-Saharan Africa; in Southern Africa, it is restricted to more easterly areas. Its preferred habitats are principally riparian woodlands and various forests. The crowned eagle is the only extant member of the genus Stephanoaetus. A second species, the Malagasy crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus mahery), went extinct after early humans settled on Madagascar.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Crowned eagle (revision 1371327099), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q591640 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).