bateleur eagle

bateleur eagle
['bat(ə)lə:]
noun a short-tailed African eagle with mainly black plumage and a bare red face. [Terathopius ecaudatus.]
Origin
C19: bateleur from Fr., lit. 'acrobat, juggler' (with ref. to the tilting motion of the bird in flight).

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