Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of an African eagle, the Helotarsus ecaudatus.
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- noun A species of
eagle , Terathopius ecaudatus,endemic toAfrica andArabia .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And this is a bateleur eagle that Walter has, in World Bird Sanctuary.
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Birds include Denham's bustard Neotis cafra denhami, ground hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus, violet turaco Musophaga violacea, spur-winged goose Plectropterus gambensis, white-faced tree duck Dendrocygna viduata, martial eagle Polemaetus bellicosus and bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus.
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These include knob-billed duck Sarkidiornis melanotos, southern ground hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri and bateleur eagle Terathopius ecaudatus, Stierling's woodpecker Dendrocopus stierlingi, whiteheaded lapwing Vanellus albiceps, the endemic Udzungwa forest partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis (VU) and rufous-winged sunbird Nectarinus rufipennis (VU).
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Charlie and Mguu walked out across the scrubland, some distance from camp, before Charlie shinnied up a flat-topped tree, causing a white-winged bateleur eagle to rise skyward in heavy flapping irritation.
Kahawa Westlake, Donald E. 1982
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There shrieked the great "Caffre eagle," and side by side with him the short-tailed and singular "bateleur."
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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There shrieked the great "Caffre eagle," and side by side with him the short-tailed and singular "bateleur."
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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In the last ten years, America has become an international legal outlier in invoking the right to use lethal force and indefinite detention against suspected terrorists outside battle zones. bateleur 7 September 2011 9:07PM
The Guardian World News Hina Shamsi 2011
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Kingfishers darted across the river, a lilac-crested roller flirted to impress his lady by doing an avian-style triple-salsa, a young bateleur eagle soared overhead and a flock of white-faced ducks flew in relay, whistling as they went.
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Raptors Namibia places most of the blame on poisons, which the bateleur picks up from carcasses on farms placed next to protected nesting areas, but a decrease in the availability of carrion prey hasn't helped.
TreeHugger 2009
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The bateleur, which gets its name from the French word for tightrope walker, is found most often in Botswana,
TreeHugger 2009
reesetee commented on the word bateleur
a common African eagle
February 14, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word bateleur
"'... what grieves me is my never uttering a single word—not the least enquiry after your chanting-goshawks, begging you to tell me how they do?'
'Alas, Stephen, alas: a bateleur killed their mother, and I did not succeed in bringing them up. You have seen a bateleur, I make no doubt?'"
--Patrick O'Brian, Blue at the Mizzen, 118
March 27, 2008