OBSERVATIONS ON THE TAWNY EAGLE IN SOUTHERN ZAMBIA

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Osborne, T. O. 1982. Observations on the Tawny Eagle in Zambia. Ostrich 53:107-111. Eleven nesting sites of the Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax were studied between 1973 and 1915 in southern Zambia. Observations on breeding and diet indicated similarities with previous studies in other parts of Africa. However, the density of the Zambian Tawny Eagles was much greater, one pair/28 km2, and a larger percentage of waterbirds and amphibians were preyed on than previously reported. One clutch of three eggs was recorded and in three instances two young were reared successfully. Nesting success was high, 1,0 young per nest, due in part to the multiple young. Two out of 17 nestlings ringed were recovered and both indicated a juvenile dispersal.