The palm-nut vulture or vulturine fish eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is the only member of the genus Gypohierax.
Palm-nut vulture
Egg
Head of palm-nut vulture
Immature bird in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
The Accipitridae is one of the three families within the order Accipitriformes, and is a family of small to large birds of prey with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a few feeding on fruit. The Accipitridae have a cosmopolitan distribution, being found on all the world's continents and a number of oceanic island groups. Some species are migratory. The family contains 255 species which are divided into 70 genera.
Accipitridae
Neophrontops americanus fossil
Neogyps errans fossil
Portrait of a subadult bald eagle, showing its strongly hooked beak and the cere covering the base of the beak.