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םותכ ינומרע ובג ,קירבמ רוחש ובור .םיפיו םיזע ויעבצ ,תלוגנרת לדוגכ ולדוג :ןויקומ יאיוח .םודא עבצב םילגרהו םייחלה םירופא םימוח םיפתכה .רצק ובנזו תוכורא ראוצ תוצונב רכינ .םילחוזו תופוע ,םינטק םיקנויב לחה ןווגמ ונוזמ .םיצעו םיחיש תוברע ולודיג תיב .ופועמ תעשב םייטבורקא םיטוטהל עצבל וגהנמ לשב ול ןתינ ומש .יארקאב רידנ רקבמ ץראב לארשי ץראב האורו לבבב תדמוע ,רתויב האורש האר המש ארקנ המלו ... .א ג"ס ןילוח | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
Terathopius ecaudatus Senegal to Sudan and Ethiopia to Namibia and South Africa. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.60 cm, 1.8-2.9 kg. wingspan 187 cm.Very short tail and long primaries distinctive, especially in low rocking flight with upturned wing tips. In male, secondaries mostly black, female has grey above, mostly white below with black trailing edge. Similar to several snake-eagle plumages, becomes sooty brown with basic adult patterns in intermediate plumage, face ane legs turning orange before assuming adult scarlet Juvenile brown with blue green facial skin and legs. Habitat.Open woodland and tree savanna, extending into bush savanna but less into scrubby steppe and grassland.Food and FeedingSmall animals, taken live or as carrion.Mainly small mammals and birds, also reptiles, fish, birds' eggs, crabs and insects. Hunts from characteristic low searching flight, gliding back and forth about 50 m above ground. Usually descends on prey in tight spiral. Up to 50 may gather at emergences of termite alerts, especially immatures. Breeding.Sep-Dec in W Africa, all months in E Africa and S Africa.Performs acrobatic rocking display flight. builds large nest of sticks in open fork of large tree, often along a watercourse. 1 egg, incubation 52-60 days. Chicks down dark brown, with cream head and thighs Parents share rearing of young and extra juvenile or adult may attend some nests. Movements.Adult pairs resident and territorial in most areas, but juveniles excluded, becoming highly mobile and nomadic, with concentrations developing in some areas.May move north in rainy season in W Africa during Jul-Sep, vagrant to Tunisia, Israel, Arabian Peninsula and Iraq. Status and Conservation.Not globally threatened. Widespread and common.Israel.In Israel the subspecies Terathopius ecaudatus Accidental passage migrant. |
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