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 LC    Bonelli's Eagle* Id (Atlas):
    Aquila fasciata

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Hieraaetus fasciatus [Sibley and Monroe, 1990, 1993], Hieraaetus fasciatus [AERC TAC, 2003], Aquila fasciata

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
65 - 72 cm
Wingspan: 142 - 180 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1822)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, temperate grassland. From sea-level - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (P), Albania (B), Algeria, Bhutan (B), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B), China (mainland) (B), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B), Cyprus (B) (NB), Djibouti, Egypt, France (B) (NB), Georgia (B), Gibraltar, Greece (B) (NB) (P), Hong Kong (China) (B), India (B), Indonesia (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel (B), Italy (B) (NB), Jordan (B) (NB), Laos, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Mauritania, Montenegro (B), Morocco, Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Oman (B), Pakistan (B), Palestinian Authority Territories (B) (NB), Portugal (B) (NB), Saudi Arabia (B), Serbia (B), Spain (B) (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tajikistan (B), Thailand, Timor-Leste (B) (NB), Tunisia, Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), United Arab Emirates (B), Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.

Vagrant to Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Netherlands Antilles, Romania, Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Sri Lanka, Sweden.

Unknown to Azerbaijan (B) (NB).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 20000 - 49999 (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

 
Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila) [XC781530]
     by SonoNatura from Dhofar, Tawi Atayr, Oman (song)

 
Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata) [XC792286]
     by id from Vega de Toledo (near Toledo), Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (call, flight call)

Subspecies
Spizaetus nanus, Spizaetus lanceolatus, Spizaetus philippensis, Spizaetus pinskeri, Spizaetus nipalensis, Spizaetus alboniger and Spizaetus bartelsi (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) and Spizaetus cirrhatus and Spizaetus floris (Gjershaug et al. 2004) have been transferred into the genus Nisaetus following Haring et al. (2006). Spizaetus africanus and Hieraaetus fasciatus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have both been transferred into Aquila, also following Haring et al. (2006); and Hieraaetus kienerii (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been transferred into the resurrected genus Lophotriorchis.

Forms superspecies with African Hawk-Eagle (Aquila spilogaster), with which has often been considered conspecific. Subspecies renschi may constitute separate species.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • fasciata (Vieillot, 1822)   -  North-western Africa and Iberian Peninsula east through Mediterranean, south-western Asia and Arabia to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, and on through northern Indochina to southern China.
  • renschi (Stresemann, 1932)   -  Sumbawa, Timor, Wetar, Luang and probably Flores (Lesser Sunda Is).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Bonellis Eagle (Aquila fasciata) - 10 files


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