Wolfgang Praegler & Gudrun Mirbach-Praegler
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A selection of birds of prey in Tanzania
      On   our   tours   through   Tanzania   we   were   lucky   to   see   some   of   the   most   beautiful   birds   of   prey   in   East Africa.   You   can   see them in this order:    African Fish Eagle - African Crowned Eagle - Martial Eagle - Little Sparrowhawk - Tawny Eagle
Above the banks of a river, we can see an African Fish Eagle It is the most beautiful one with the plumage ranging from black to white With a wing span of more than 2m, it is a quite big one Here we can see an African Crowned Eagle at the bank of the Ruaha river The African Crowned Eagle is also a big one with a wing span of more than 2m With its body of more than 1m and a wing span of more than 2.35m the Martial Eagle is the biggest eagle in Africa The Martial Eagle takes even small antelopes and goats as prey One of the smallest birds of prey is the Little Sparrowhawk with a body of 30cm and a wing span of 50cm only The body of the Tawny Eagle measures 70cm, and the wing span 1.80m Here a Tawny Eagle got hold of the afterbirth of a gnu (wildebeest)