The Secretarybird Walks Everywhere
The secretarybird is a large predator endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. This raptor spends most of its time walking on the ground. 3 m tall on crane-like legs.
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The secretarybird is a large predator endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. This raptor spends most of its time walking on the ground.
Adults stand up to 1.3 m tall on crane-like legs. Legs built for standing, not holding.
They pace around on crane-like legs.
Secretarybirds hunt insects and small vertebrates by stomping on them. Prey is killed directly underfoot on the ground.
Dutch settlers called this species secretarius because farmers domesticated it to combat pests. Farmers outsourced pest control to a bird.
Mated pairs build a nest of sticks 1.0 to 1.5 m across. Both parents share incubation duties for the eggs.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature classes the secretarybird as endangered due to habitat destruction.