Palm-nut vulture
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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.
Flickr Rainbirder Palm nut Vulture
In flight in Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
Head closeup
With a fish in its talons, in Tanzania
Accipitridae
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The Accipitridae is one of the four 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 fe
Palm-nut vulture
…The palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) or vulturine fish eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae (which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers, vultures, and eagles). It is the only member of the genus Gypohierax…
Buteo buteo Scotland 8
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