Martial Eagle

• GeneralThe most powerful eagle in Africa: it can bring down small antelopes and spot prey 5 km away.
• It detects prey several kilometres away from heights at which it is invisible from the ground: its visual acuity is among the sharpest known in any animal.
• It raises one chick every two years and needs a territory that can exceed a thousand square kilometres, which makes it one of the lowest-density raptors in the world.
• It is blamed for killing goats and lambs, and that persecution is now the leading cause of adult mortality: in South Africa it has disappeared from most of the country outside the reserves.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Open savannah, semi-desert and sparse woodland of sub-Saharan Africa

Sexual maturity

6 years

Gestation / incubation

49 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

1 egg

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polemaetus_bellicosus