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Lesser Spotted Eagle
Gevlekte Arend · Clanga pomarina
A migratory brown eagle that breeds in eastern Europe and arrives in Kruger for the southern summer. Less powerful than the resident eagles, it often walks on the ground hunting frogs, termites and small reptiles, and can appear in numbers when food is suddenly abundant after rain.
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Smallish dark-brown eagle with feathered legs and a pale patch on the upperwing; smaller-billed and neater than the Tawny Eagle.
Where to see it in Kruger
A summer visitor to open woodland and grassland, often in loose groups feeding on insects and small prey.
Did you know
It flies all the way from Europe to spend the summer in Africa, sometimes gathering where termites swarm.
Often confused with
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