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Secretarybird
Sekretarisvoël · Sagittarius serpentarius
A tall, long-legged bird of prey that struts across the grass like a model on stilts. It has a crest of black quills behind its head that look like the pens old clerks once tucked there. Instead of hunting from the air, it walks the plains stamping on snakes, lizards and insects with lightning-fast, powerful kicks.
Log your Secretarybird sighting — free →How to identify it
Unmistakable: a grey, eagle-headed bird the size of a crane, walking upright on long legs with black 'plus-fours' and quill-like head plumes.
Where to see it in Kruger
Striding through open grassland and savanna park-wide, most often seen in the southern and central plains.
Did you know
It kills snakes by stamping on them so fast and hard that its kick lands in a tiny fraction of a second.
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