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  Name Long-crested Eagle
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Accipitriformes
  Familia Accipitridae
  Genus '''''Lophaetus'''''
  Genus Authority Kaup, 1847
  Species '''''L occipitalis'''''
  Binomial ''Lophaetus occipitalis''
  Binomial Authority ( Daudin , 1800)


The Long-crested Eagle (''Lophaetus occipitalis'') is a Bird Of Prey . Like all Eagle s, it is in the family Accipitridae .

A medium sized bird (about 55cm), found in Africa south of the Sahara, except in the arid zones. In southern Africa it is a fairly common resident in the eastern areas. It inhabits woodlands, exotic plantations, forest edges and mainly lives off rodents and shrews.