Martial Eagle

By: Renee Felker

Scientific

Polemaetus bellicosus

Common:

Martial Eagle

Name:

Lives in Africa Found in Sub-Saharan Africa Absent from central Africa Lives in either open grassland

or wooded savanna.

Natural Habitat:

The Eagle is a solitary animal. It is monogamous Eats medium sized mammals-Like birds and lizards. They are about 4 or 5 before they

reproduce. Oldest Eagle lived to be 25

About:

The Martial Eagle can weigh up to

14 pounds Wing span of 6 or more feet The baby eagles look a lot different

than the adults Baby: Adult:

Size:

The Martial Eagle is mainly dying

from drowning in reservoirs. Also farmers shot them to keep

them away from their land. They also get tangled up in

power lines.

Threats:

Educating the farmers. Research on how to keep them

alive and breed more is being done.

Actions to protect:

Largest game reservation

in Africa Covers over 7,000 miles It is hard for parks to keep

these eagles because other species like elephants interrupt their habitats.

Kruger National Park

Estimated tens of thousands And in South Africa estimated

600 pairs. Reason it is endangered is

because in the past 3 generations (56 years) its population has rapidly decreased.

Population:

Quiz:1. Where are they found?2. Does the Martial Eagle have more

than one mate?3. Has a wing span of how many feet?

4. The Kruger National Park covers how many feet?

5. They can weigh up to how many pounds?

http://www.africangetaway.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Martial-Eagle-taking-a-bath.jpg

Grizzly Bear Ivory-billed woodpecker Blue Shiner- Fish

Species in America:

http://

www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_martial_eagle.html

http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Polemaetus_bellicosus/

http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3547

Works Cited