![]() The secretarybird is instantly recognizable as a very large bird with an eagle-like body on crane-like legs that give the bird a height of as much as 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in). A member of the order Accipitriformes, which also includes many other diurnal birds of prey such as eagles, hawks, kites, vultures, and harriers, it is placed in its own family, Sagittariidae. John Frederick Miller described the species in 1779. Endemic to Africa, it is usually found in the open grasslands and savanna of the sub-Saharan region. The secretarybird or secretary bird ( Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. ![]()
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