Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusStephanoaetus (Crowned Eagles)
- SpeciesStephanoaetus coronatus (Crowned Eagle)
Closest Relatives at iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
Black-breasted Snake Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
African Marsh-Harrier
Circus ranivorus
Fasciated Snake Eagle
Circaetus fasciolatus
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Hieraaetus ayresii
African Cuckoo-Hawk
Aviceda cuculoides
Long-crested Eagle
Lophaetus occipitalis
Wahlberg's Eagle
Hieraaetus wahlbergi
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Crowned Eagle in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Crowned Eagle sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, based on 65 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Crowned Eagle in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Crowned Eagle in iSimangaliso Wetland Park in our monthly data.