Monday, March 5, 2012

>Hieraaetus ayresii (Ayres's Hawk-Eagle)

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Ayres' Hawk-Eagle
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Falconiformes
(or Accipitriformes, q.v.)
Family:Accipitridae
Genus:Hieraaetus
Species:H. ayresii
Binomial name
Hieraaetus ayresii
Gurney, 1862

Juvenile in flight













Ayres's Hawk-Eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii) is a species of bird of prey in theAccipitridae family. It is found throughoutSub-Saharan Africa. Its name honoursSouth African ornithologist Thomas Ayres.

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