African hawk-eagle
Appearance
Adult likely to be confused only with smaller Ayres's hawk-eagle but is less boldly marked below and has white unpspotted thighs; in flight, the underwing is mainly white (it is dark and heavily barred in Ayres's hawk-eagle), and the upperwing is dark brown., with distinctive white panels at the base of the primaries (Ayres's hawk-eagle has a uniformely dark upperwing).Female is larger and more heavily streaked in front than male. Juvenile has the underwing coverts and underbody pale rufous, becoming more black-streaked with age; above it is browner than adult and it lacks the conspicuous terminal tail bar. it is easily confused with juvenile black sparrowhawk, but has feathered (not bare) legs.