Secretary bird, Beekse Bergen, Netherlands
Zoo photos of one of my all-time favorite birds. A combination of elegance and brutality. In the wild, this bird stomps snakes to death and waits on the edge of bush fires to pick up fleeing animals. Hence, I call it the secreterrorist bird.
The Secretarybird or Secretary Bird is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. Endemic to Africa, it is usually found in the open grasslands and savannah of the sub-Sahara. Although a member of the order Accipitriformes, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards, vultures, and harriers, it is given its own family, Sagittariidae.
Similar species: Diurnal Birds Of Prey
By Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Jul 8, 2022. Captured Sep 10, 2020 11:22.
