Steppe Eagle
Mostly eats fresh carrion as well as small rodents and
birds...winters in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian
peninsula and India...summers in north Asia.
birds...winters in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian
peninsula and India...summers in north Asia.
Aquila nipalensis orientalis
(L 30" WS 63-85"
Wt m-4.4-7.7, f-5-10.8 lb)
Lake Nakuru
National Park
National Park
31Oct2014
As the eagle was killed by the arrow
winged with his own feather, so the
hand of the world is wounded by its
own skill. (Helen Keller)
winged with his own feather, so the
hand of the world is wounded by its
own skill. (Helen Keller)
Aquila in Latin means eagle;
nipalensis is after Nepal.
nipalensis is after Nepal.
© Faiza Hafeez
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