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Aquila heliaca Savigny, 1809
Synonym:
Family: Accitpitridae
Order: Falconiformes
English: Imperial eagle
French: Aigle impérial
Spanish: Águila imperial oriental
German: Kaiseradler (There's a German version of this page!)
Norwegian: Keiserørn (There's a Norwegian version of this page!)
Migration: intercontinental
“Mostly migratory. Birds migrate to S Turkey, Iran, Israel, Iraq, Egypt and Arabia, and to Pakistan, India, Laos and Vietnam. Leaves breeding grounds mid-Sept to mid-Oct; in Slovakia and Hungary, adults often seem to remain at or near breeding areas.”
From: del Hoyo J, Elliot A, Sargatal J (eds.) (1994), Handbook of the birds of the world. Vol. 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl, p. 195, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
Regions: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia

distribution map of Aquila heliaca 


“Because of rapid declines in Europe, the imperial eagle's total population is considered to be not more than a few thousand birds (2,500-10,000: Bird Life International 2000). The former lowland species has been pushed to higher altitudes by persecution and habitat loss (del Hoyo et al. 1994). Due to strict protection, Central European populations are starting to increase again, but "although currently stable, the Russian population is predicted to decline in the next three to five years" (Bird Life International 2000). The imperial eagle is considered "Vulnerable" (VU) in the recent Red List (Hilton-Taylor 2000) and is listed in CITES Appendix I and CMS Appendices I & II. An international working group for the imperial eagle was established in 1990 (del Hoyo et al. 1994). A European conservation action plan was published in 1996 (Heredia et al. 1996).”
Riede, K. (2001): Global Register of Migratory Species. Weltregister wandernder Tierarten. Münster (Landwirtschaftsverlag), p. 249

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