Species profile
Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentarius
Quick answer
LITERATURE. — Green & Sayer (1979); Thonnérieux et al. (1989); Dowsett (1993); Borrow & Demey (2001, 2014); Portier (2002 c); Thiollay (2006 a, b); Balanca et al. (2007); Sinclair & Ryan (2010); Dowsett et al. (2013); ABC (2020).
- Scientific name
- Sagittarius serpentarius
- Family
- Sagittariidae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Genus
- Sagittarius
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Secretarybird in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.