Crowned Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
About the Crowned Eagle
The crowned eagle, also known as the African crowned eagle or the crowned hawk-eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus), is a large bird of prey found in sub-Saharan Africa; in Southern Africa, it is restricted to more easterly areas. Its preferred habitats are principally riparian woodlands and various forests. The crowned eagle is the only extant member of the genus Stephanoaetus. A second species, the Malagasy crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus mahery), went extinct after early humans settled on Madagascar.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 71 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimprecording
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordiirecording
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticarecording
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalusrecording
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusrecording
- Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullatarecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.