A large eagle of African waterways that catches fish near the surface.
Adults have a white head, neck, chest and tail, a deep chestnut body and black flight feathers.
In February and March 1976, researchers recorded about 100 African fish-eagle pairs across 120 km² along Uganda’s Kazinga Channel. Each territory covered 20–50 hectares, or roughly 0.2–0.5 km². Even where much of the suitable shoreline was occupied, only 37% of pairs raised young to fledging. Successful pairs averaged 1.13 fledglings; across all established pairs, the mean was 0.42.
The study described favored breeding territories as steep, wooded slopes beside shallow, calm water. The water where fish eagles hunt met the wooded banks along their territories, bringing fishing waters and nesting landscapes into one shoreline habitat.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
In 1976, researchers studied African fish-eagle breeding territories along the Kazinga Channel in Rwenzori National Park, southwestern Uganda. They described steep, wooded slopes beside shallow, calm water as favorable habitat. The current formal conservation category and assessment date for the species were not identified in the sources reviewed.