Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 11,044
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia, wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia, with a small, disjunct breeding population in south-western Africa. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Booted eagle”.