| NOUN | a secretarybird | secretarybirds | |
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- The secretarybird is depicted on an ivory knife handle recovered from Abu Zaidan in Upper Egypt, dating to the Naqada III culture (c. ...
- The secretarybird is a bird of prey easily distinguished from other raptors by its long crane-like legs.
- "Pelargopappus" is an extinct genus of raptor related to the secretarybird that lived in early Miocene France.
- In 2016, a male secretarybird that was kept at the Hawk Conservancy Trust was studied by researchers.
- The park is important for species such as the secretarybird ("Sagittarius serpentarius"), Denham's bustard ("Neotis denhami") and the Abyssinian ground-hornbill ("Bucorvus abyssinicus") which are rare in other parts of Nigeria.
- In due course, the three brothers moved north and defeated Chief Zumbo at Mazoe. The Zumbo people nicknamed Shayachimwe "Hwata" because he had long legs and walked like a "hwata", the secretarybird.
- But this does not mean that "Eremopezus" was a close relative of either secretarybird or shoebill.
- The genus name, which Feduccia and Voorhies translate as "false secretarybird," refers to the bird's superficial resemblance to the living secretary bird.
- Sagittariidae is a family of raptor with one living species—the secretarybird ("Sagittarius serpentarius") native to Africa.
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