The African Fish Eagle in Kruger National Park

How to identify the African Fish Eagle, its iconic call, behaviour, and the best rivers in the Greater Kruger around Hoedspruit to see it.

The African Fish Eagle is the loud, white-headed raptor of every African river and dam — its yelping call is the soundtrack of the bushveld. Adults pluck fish from the surface in a single talon-dive. Common around the Olifants, Sabie and Letaba rivers in the Greater Kruger.