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 LC    Booted Eagle* Id (Atlas):
    Hieraaetus pennatus

Description (10)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
50 - 57 cm
Wingspan: 113 - 138 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Savanna, desert and wooded hills.

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B), Albania (B), Algeria, Angola, Armenia (B), Austria (B) (P), Azerbaijan (B), Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus (B), Benin, Bhutan (B), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Botswana, Bulgaria (B) (P), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China (mainland) (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B), Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France (B) (NB) (P), Gambia, Georgia (B) (P), Germany (B), Ghana, Gibraltar (NB) (P), Greece (B) (NB) (P), Hungary (B), India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (P), Israel, Italy (P), Jordan (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan (B), Lebanon, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova [Republic of] (B) (P), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B) (P), Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal (B), Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan (B), Poland (B), Portugal (B) (NB) (P), Qatar, Romania (B) (P), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia (B) (P), Sierra Leone, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B), Slovenia (B), Somalia, South Africa, Spain (B) (NB) (P), Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey (B), Turkmenistan (B), Uganda, Ukraine (B), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan (B), Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Laos, Liberia, Malta, Netherlands Antilles, Seychelles, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland.

South-western Europe and north-western Africa through eastern Europe, Asia Minor and Caucasus to central Asia, north-east to Mongolia and L Baikal area, and south-east to northern India; also Cape Province (southern South Africa), and perhaps Namibia. Winters mostly in Africa south of Sahara, and in southern Asia, especially India.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (62)...)

 
Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) [XC684180]
     by Rolf A. de By from Margem do Rio Minho, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Viana do Castelo, Portugal (call, song, subsong)

 
Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus) [XC594448]
     by Cedric Mroczko from Vermiosa, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Guarda, Portugal (call)

Subspecies
Birds of central Asia sometimes classified as subspecies milvoides, or alternatively harterti, but variation very slight and clinal.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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