Extract
Martial eagles are in rapid decline throughout SA and many other parts of their range in sub-Saharan Africa. These declines have been so steep, that this species is now considered vulnerable to extinction.
But conservationists still don’t have a very good handle on what could be driving these declines across Africa. Suggestions include habitat loss, deliberate and incidental poisoning, hunting in response to the fear of livestock loss, collisions with power lines and pollution.