Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata) [XC473307]
by Peter Boesman from Corbett NP, Uttaranchal, India (call)
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).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet