Back Langkuifarend Afrikaans دلوف Arabic عقاب طويل العرف ARZ Kiiz (Lophaetus) AVK Дългокачулат орел Bulgarian Erer kuch Breton Àguila emplomallada Catalan Lophaetus occipitalis CEB Gwalcheryr copog Welsh Schopfadler German
| Long-crested eagle | |
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| In Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Lophaetus Kaup, 1847 |
| Species: | L. occipitalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophaetus occipitalis (Daudin, 1800)
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| IUCN range
Extant (resident)
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The long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) is an African bird of prey characterised by its shaggy crest of feathers. In the family Accipitridae which includes all the eagles, it is currently placed in a monotypic genus Lophaetus. It is found throughout mid- and southern Africa, with differing home ranges due to food availability and suitable habitat area, but lives mainly on forest edges and near moist areas. Breeding may occur at any time of year, depending on food availability; it lays 1 or 2 eggs as is usual for raptors. It commonly eats smaller mammals, but will also eat other vertebrates and invertebrates.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lophaetus occipitalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22696134A93546422. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696134A93546422.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.