Verreaux's eagle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Verreaux's eagle lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Aquila verreauxii
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	11 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia
Mass	3.58 kg (male organism, adult weight); 4.45 kg (female organism, adult weight); 158 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the Verreaux's eagle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Verreaux's eagle in 11 countries and territories across Africa and Asia. 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 Verreaux's eagle?

Wikidata records the following for the Verreaux's eagle: mass 3.58 kg (male organism, adult weight); 4.45 kg (female organism, adult weight); 158 g (birth weight).

Is the Verreaux's eagle endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Verreaux's eagle?

The Verreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxii) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Aquila. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Verreaux's eagle

Verreaux's eagle (; Aquila verreauxii) is a large, mostly African, bird of prey. It is also called the black eagle, especially in southern Africa, not to be confused with the black eagle (Ictinaetus malayensis) of south and southeast Asia. The Verreaux's eagle lives in hilly and mountainous regions of southern and eastern Africa (extending marginally into Chad, Mali and Niger), and very locally in the Middle East.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Verreaux's eagle (revision 1379926275), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q747827 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).