fish eagle, noun phrase

The eagle Haliaeetus vocifer of the Accipitridae, which preys mainly on fish and is found over a wide area of sub-Saharan Africa; sea-eagle.
[1885 H.M. Stanley Congo II. 6That white-collared fish eagle out-spreading his wings for flight.]
[1890 H.M. Stanley in Pall Mall Gaz. (U.K.) 28 June 2Fish eagles.]
[1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 200The fishing eagle.]
1949 C. Bullock Rina 57A fish-eagle flew over the river.
1959 M.W. Spilhaus Under Bright Sky 148We lay on our oars watching a great fish eagle make for his haystack of a nest in a tree at the waterside.
1968 R. Griffiths Man of River 17A fish-eagle rose up and swept out across the blue haze, climbing steadily on wide curved wings.
1971 Personality 5 Mar. 16High in the riverine trees, the beautiful white-headed fish eagles sit proudly..their calls echoing between the banks...Swooping downwards, strong claws extended, they clutch a fish from beneath the surface.
1971 K.B. Newman Birdlife in Sn Afr. (1979) 61The Fish Eagle..will fish in the sea where one of its favourite prey species is the..‘harder’.
1982 S. Afr. Panorama Sept. 50No film on the Bushveld is complete without the plaintive cry of the fish eagle; its sound is the very spirit of Africa.
1992 S. Afr. Panorama Mar.–Apr. 120The fish eagle is monarch of this primitive kingdom...He surveys his wild domain, then uttering a haunting cry..swoops down..to scoop up a fish.
The eagle Haliaeetus vocifer of the Accipitridae, which preys mainly on fish and is found over a wide area of sub-Saharan Africa; sea-eagle.
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