Oscar Dewhurst / Long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) perched on bush. Selenkay Conservancy, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Oscar Dewhurst / Long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) perched on tree. Selenkay Conservancy, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Ann & Steve Toon / Long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis), Chobe river, Botswana.

Suzi Eszterhas / Long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

Denis-Huot / Long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) looking for a prey on the edge of a bushfire, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. September.

Richard Du Toit / Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Lou Coetzer / African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) pair evading the aerial attack of a Long toed lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris) Chobe River, Botswana, October.

Ingo Waschkies / Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis), Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Anup Shah / Long crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) perched in bush, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) perching in Whistling Thorn (Acacia drepanolobium) acacia tree Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Richard Du Toit / Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) on powerlines, Garden Route National Park, Western Cape, South Africa

Anup Shah / Long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) perched on a branch, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February