Aquila africana

(Cassin, 1865) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Accipitriformes/Accipitridae/Aquila

At a glance

Occurrence records1 825

Data sources8

Biological traits19

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Aquila africana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 825 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 825 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈1.3 Gbp

01Narrative

Cassin's hawk-eagle (Aquila africana) or Cassin's eagle, is a relatively small eagle in the family Accipitridae. Its feathered legs mark it as member of the Aquilinae or booted eagle subfamily. A forest-dependent species, it occurs in primary rainforests across western, central and (marginally) eastern Africa where it preys on birds and tree squirrels. It was named after John Cassin who first described it in 1865. Due to widespread habitat destruction, its populations are steadily declining but have not yet warranted upgrading its status from Least Concern.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth20.4 mm

Beak length (culmen)39.4 mm

Beak length (nares)23.4 mm

Beak width12.8 mm

Body mass1 060 g

Body mass (female)1 153 g

Body mass (male)994 g

Hand-wing index27.4

Kipp's distance93.8 mm

Secondary length248 mm

Tail length278 mm

Tarsus length76.6 mm

Wing length342 mm

Diet & foraging2

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheVertivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration2.0

Primary lifestyleGeneralist

Range size1 918 246 km²

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aquila africana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Aquila africana carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈1 348 391 903 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Aquila africana1.35 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 825 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 823

Museum / vouchered2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 564 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 55≤1 km 15≤10 km 5

75 georeferenced · 1 748 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 823

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
New Haven, US	1
Paris, FR	1

2 institutions · 2 of 2 vouchered records shown

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Aquila africana

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology13

Diet & foraging2

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type1 825 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Record type1 825 records