Bird species that prey on queleas include the lanner falcon, tawny eagle and marabou stork. Coenraad Jacob Temminck described the tawny eagle in 1828. The Afrikaans name for the tawny eagle is a "Roofarend", meaning the "Robber Eagle". The tawny eagle steals food from other raptors in addition to catching its own prey. The tawny eagle is currently listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN list of Threatened species. The tawny eagle ("Aquila rapax") is a large, long-lived bird of prey. "Tawny eagle" has been designated the official name by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). The tawny eagle ("Aquila rapax") is also a known predator of the Ethiopian highland hare.