Afghanistan (NB), Albania (NB) (P), Armenia, Austria (NB), Azerbaijan (NB), Bangladesh (NB), Belarus (B), Bhutan (P), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria (NB) (P), Cambodia (NB), Chad (NB), China (mainland) (B) (NB), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (NB) (P), Djibouti (P), Egypt (NB) (P), Eritrea (NB) (P), Estonia (B), Ethiopia (NB), Finland (B), France (NB), Georgia (NB) (P), Greece (NB) (P), Hong Kong (China), Hungary (NB), India (NB), Indonesia (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (NB) (P), Iraq (NB) (P), Israel (NB) (P), Italy (NB) (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya (NB), Kuwait (NB) (P), Kyrgyzstan (B), Laos (NB) (P), Latvia (B), Lebanon (P), Lithuania (B), Macao (China), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (NB), Malaysia (NB), Moldova [Republic of] (B) (P), Mongolia (B) (P), Montenegro (NB) (P), Morocco (NB), Myanmar (NB) (P), Nepal (NB) (P), Oman (NB) (P), Pakistan (NB), Palestinian Authority Territories, Poland (B), Qatar (P), Romania (B) (NB) (P), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B) (P), Saudi Arabia (NB) (P), Serbia (NB) (P), Singapore (NB), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B), Slovenia (NB), South Korea (NB), Spain (NB), Sudan (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (NB) (P), Taiwan (China) (NB), Tanzania [United Republic of] (NB), Thailand (NB) (P), Turkey (NB), Ukraine (B) (NB), United Arab Emirates (P), Vietnam (NB) (P), Yemen (NB) (P), Zambia (NB).
Vagrant to Bahrain (NB) (P), Belgium, Cameroon (NB), Cyprus, Denmark, Gibraltar, Ireland, Japan (NB), Jordan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Netherlands Antilles, North Korea, Portugal, Switzerland (NB), Tunisia, United Kingdom.
Unknown to Mali (NB), South Africa (NB), Uganda (NB).
East-central Europe east through Russia to southern Ussuriland and Manchuria; isolated populations in northern Iran and north-central India. Winters from southern Europe, north-eastern and eastern Africa and Middle East through northern Pakistan to southern and eastern China and Indochina.
Population
Estimated population is 5,000 - 13,200 (2010) and decreasing.
Voice
Staccato yelps, 'kleep kleep kleep', 'kyui kyui' or 'pyo hyohyohyo' over territory and during winter. A plaintive dog-like bark, 'kiak-kiak-kiak...' or 'kyow kyow kyow...' during swooping arial display.
Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga) [XC417958]
by observer from Kose vald, Harjumaa, Estonia (call)
Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga) [XC240246]
by Matthias Feuersenger from Rivnens'ka city council (near Rivne), Rivnens'ka oblast, Ukraine (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina).
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina) is slightly smaller, narrower winged and less stocky, the plumage is generally paler and most show contrast between paler underwing and upperwing-coverts and darker flight feathers. Confusion is also possible with adult Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis), Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax) and Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca).
References
See References.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet