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palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
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palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)


Description
Gypohierax angolensis
Date 1872
Source/Photographer Schlegel, De dierentuin van het Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra te Amsterdam, p. 29
Old Latin name Gypohierax angolensis
New Latin name Gypohierax angolensis
Common name Nederlands: Palmgier
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gypohierax_angolensis_-_1872_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100151.tif

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. 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. This bird is an Old World vulture (only distantly related to the New World vultures, which are in a separate family, the Cathartidae).

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Scientific Name: Gypohierax angolensis (Gmelin, 1788)
Common Names:
English – Palm-nut Vulture, vulturine fish eagle
French – Vautour palmiste
French: Palmiste africain German: Palmgeier Spanish: Buitre palmero
Taxonomy: Falco angolensis J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Angola.

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