Secretarybird
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| phylum | Chordata | The Secretarybird or Secretary Bird is a very large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. Endemic to Africa, it is usually found in the open grasslands and savannah of the sub-Saharan region.
The Secretary Bird is instantly recognizable as having an eagle-like body on crane-like legs which increases the bird’s height to as much as 1.3 m (4 ft) tall. This bird has an eagle-like head with a hooked bill, but has rounded wings. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Accipitriformes |
| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Accipitriformes | |
| family | Sagittariidae | |
| genus | Sagittarius | |
| species | S. serpentarius |
