dassievangern.
/ˈdasɪvaŋə/, U.S. /ˈdæsiˌvæŋər/, South African English /ˈdʌsifʌŋə/ South African.
Quot. 1867 at sense 1 identifies the bird with the popular name of 1 and the scientific name of 2.
1. The bateleur eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus. Cf. berghaan n.
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bateleur eagle1864
berghaan1867
dassievanger1867
mountebank eagle1890
1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 11 Aquila Verreauxii..Dassie Vanger and Berghaan of Colonists... It is called ‘Dassie Vanger’ (coney-eater) and ‘Berghaan’ (mountain-cock) by the colonists, from feeding principally on the coney, or rock-rabbit (Hyrax capensis).
1889 H. A. Bryden Kloof & Karroo 273 A great black mountain eagle. We know him at once for a berghaan (cock of the mountain), or dassie-vanger (coney-eater).
1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 132 Dassie-vanger (Coney-catcher), the Dutch name for an Eagle in South Africa, adopted by English residents.
2. A large, black bird of prey with a Y-shaped white mark on the rump, Aquila Verreauxi, found in South and North-East Africa and in Palestine.
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1951 Cape Argus 20 Oct. (Mag.) 2/4 Most difficult of all birds to shoot, Hoesch found, was the black eagle or dassievanger.
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