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Aquila adalberti CL Brehm, 1861
Synonym:
Family: Accipitridae
Order: Falconiformes
English: Spanish imperial eagle
French: Aigle ibérique
Spanish: Águila imperial ibérica
German: Spanischer Kaiseradler (There's a German version of this page!)
Norwegian: Spansk keiserørn (There's a Norwegian version of this page!)
Migration: partial – juveniles disperse (up to 350km)
“Adults sedentary. Young birds, when they become independent, leave natal areas, dispersing in all directions and travelling up to 350 km, especially to NW Africa.”
del Hoyo J, Elliot A, Sargatal J (eds.) (1994), Handbook of the birds of the world. Vol. 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl, p. 194, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
Regions: Europe, North Africa

map about the distribution of Aquila adalberti 

“The Spanish imperial eagle is considered one of the rarest birds of prey with a total population down to 131 pairs in 1998 (Bird Life International 2000). Formerly more widespread and also occurring in Portugal and Morocco (until 1991), its distribution is now restricted to central, west and southern Spain. Adults are sedentary, immature birds leave the natal areas and disperse up to 350 km, especially to Northwest Africa (Ferrer 1993, Gonzalez et al. 1989). Major threats include habitat alteration, loss of large trees, poisoning and electrocutions by power lines. The species is therefore considered "Vulnerable" (VU) in the recent Red List (Hilton-Taylor 2000) and is included in the CMS Appendices I & II.”
Riede, K. (2001): Global Register of Migratory Species. Weltregister wandernder Tierarten. Münster (Landwirtschaftsverlag), p. 249

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