A very large bird (about 90cm), found in tropical Africa, in southern Africa a common resident in suitable habitat in the eastern areas. It inhabits dense indigenous forests and lives off monkeys and other mammals up to 20kg, birds and monitor lizards. The nest is a huge pile of sticks in the fork of a large forest tree.

 

List of Stamps showing African Crowned Eagle
Country	SG	Michel	Year	Value
Gabon	0173	0207	1961	250f
Libya	2269	2107	1995	100dh
Malawi	0803	0515	1988	K4
Rwanda	0963	1026	1980	100f
Sierra Leone	1515m	Bl 134	1990	Le150
Zaire	1482m	1162	1996	50000Nz