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title: "Afrikaanse zwarte kuifarend"
description: "Lophaetus occipitalis — Vogels. The long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) is an African bird of prey characterised by its shaggy crest of feathers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/long-crested-eagle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Afrikaanse zwarte kuifarend

> Lophaetus occipitalis — Vogels. The long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) is an African bird of prey characterised by its shaggy crest of feathers.

- Scientific name: *Lophaetus occipitalis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 3223
- Wikidata: [Q285522](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285522)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5335](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5335)

## Names

- en: Long-crested Eagle
- de: Schopfadler
- es: Águila crestilarga
- fr: Aigle huppard
- nl: Afrikaanse zwarte kuifarend
- pt: Águia-de-poupa
- pl: Orlik długoczuby

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1436), KE (430), UG (358), TZ (296), RW (98), ET (64), GM (61), ZW (54), BJ (32), MW (29), ZM (27), BW (23)

## Summary

The long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) is an African bird of prey characterised by its shaggy crest of feathers. In the family Accipitridae which includes all the eagles, it is currently placed in a monotypic genus Lophaetus. It is found throughout mid- and southern Africa, with differing home ranges due to food availability and suitable habitat area, but lives mainly on forest edges and near moist areas. Breeding may occur at any time of year, depending on food availability; it lays 1 or 2 eggs as is usual for raptors. It commonly eats smaller mammals, but will also eat other vertebrates and invertebrates.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-crested_eagle

## Photo

![Afrikaanse zwarte kuifarend](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-crested-eagle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Kranz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27633275

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-crested-eagle?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).