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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Aquila (eagles - part) 

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Falconiformes > Family: Accipitridae

Occurs worldwide (except South America and Antarctica) with seven of the 18 species occurring in southern Africa. There are a number of other genera of 'eagles' mostly each containing a single species - see under the holding family Accipitridae.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Aquila ayresii (Ayres's hawk-eagle, Ayres' eagle) 

Aquila nipalensis (Steppe eagle) 

Aquila pennatus (Booted eagle) 

Aquila pomarina (Lesser spotted eagle) 

Aquila rapax (Tawny eagle) 

Aquila spilogaster (African hawk-eagle) 

Aquila verreauxii (Verreauxs' eagle, Black eagle) 

Aquila wahlbergi (Wahlberg's eagle)