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Classification
Bird
🍽️
Diet
Carnivore
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Lifespan
10–15 years
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Weight
2.5–4.3 kg
Population Trend
📉Decreasing
Description
A large bird of prey that hunts on foot across African savannas, famous for stomping snakes to death.
Habitat
🌿 savanna🌿 grassland🌿 shrubland
Extended Data
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Sagittariidae
Genus
Sagittarius
Fun Facts
1
Can deliver kicks with a force equivalent to 5-6 times their body weight.
2
Name may come from the quill feathers resembling 19th-century secretaries' pens.
3
Featured on the coat of arms of Sudan and South Africa.
4
They mate for life and perform elaborate aerial courtship displays.
5
Can stamp a snake to death in just 15 seconds.