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Martial Eagle
By: Renee Felker
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Scientific
Polemaetus bellicosus
Common:
Martial Eagle
Name:
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Lives in Africa Found in Sub-Saharan Africa Absent from central Africa Lives in either open grassland
or wooded savanna.
Natural Habitat:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Educating the farmers. Research on how to keep them
alive and breed more is being done.
Actions to protect:
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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
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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:
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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?
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Grizzly Bear Ivory-billed woodpecker Blue Shiner- Fish
Species in America:
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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