Кафрский орёл/Verreaux’s Eagle facts 🦅 Black eagle 🦅 lives in mountainous regions of southern & Eastern Africa

#amazinganimals facts for kids Verreaux’s eagle is a large, mostly African, bird of prey. It is also called the black eagle, especially in Southern Africa, leading to potential confusion with the Indian black eagle, which lives far to the east in Asia. Verreaux’s eagle lives in hilly and mountainous regions of southern and eastern Africa, and very locally in West Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the southern Middle East. It is one of the most specialized species of accipitrid in the world, with its distribution and life history revolving around its favorite prey species, the rock hyraxes. When hyrax populations decline, the species have been shown to survive with mixed success on other prey, such as small antelopes, gamebirds, hares, monkeys and other assorted vertebrates. Despite a high degree of specialization, Verreaux’s eagle has, from a conservation standpoint, been faring relatively well in historic times. credits: :Verreaux’