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palm-nut vulture, vulturine fish eagle (Gypohierax angolensis)
Subject: palm-nut vulture, vulturine fish eagle (Gypohierax angolensis)
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Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina BHL29568566.jpg
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palm-nut vulture, vulturine fish eagle (Gypohierax angolensis)


Description Gypohierax angolensis syn. Vultur angolensis
Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina / opera et studio Georgii Shaw ... ; adduntur figuræ, eleganter sculptæ et coloratæ.
Date 1792
Source http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pageimage/29568566
Author Sydenham Edwards; Philip Reinagle; Charles Reuben Ryley; George Shaw; William Skelton; Sarah Stone
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Musei_Leveriani_explicatio,_anglica_et_latina_BHL29568566.jpg

The palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) or vulturine fish eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is the only member of the genus Gypohierax. Unusual for birds of prey, it feeds mainly on the fruit of the oil palm, though it also feeds on crabs, molluscs, locusts, and fish, and has been known to occasionally attack domestic poultry and bats.

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