halicetus

Updated: May 20, 2025

While we were looking on, a huge bird, descending from the sky, it seemed, pounced down into the water, quickly rising again with a large fish in his mouth. "Ah, that fellow is the fishing-eagle of Africa the Halicetus vocifer" said David. "His piercing eye observed his prey when he was yet far up in the air. See how like a meteor he descended on it!

William Henry Giles Kingston - In the Wilds of Africa