Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca), is a large species of Raptor of the Family Accipitridae. It has an historically huge summer migrant range extending from SE Europe to E Asia, but is now greatly reduced in numbers, see Redlist Status below. These summer migrants have dispersed wintering areas from Eastern Africa, Central Arabia to SW Iran, N India and the Far East. There are also some smaller resident populations across Turkey and N Iran.
Type….. Raptor
Habitat Summer: open country with small copses, forested hills, nests in prominent large trees
Habitat Winter: near wetlands
Order..: Accipitriformes
Family.: Accipitridae
Genus..: Aquila
Species: Aquila heliaca
Eastern Imperial Eagle – Species Fact Sheet – birdlife.org
Eastern Imperial Eagle – Species Sheet – wikipedia.org
Eastern Imperial Eagle – Species Sheet – eagledirectory.org
Eastern Imperial Eagle – Range & Calls – xeno-canto.org
Eastern Imperial Eagle – Sightings – ebird.org
Additional Material…
Eastern Imperial Eagle – Images – google.ae
Eastern Imperial Eagle – Video – youtube.com
Eastern Imperial Eagle – Redlist status – iucnredlist.org
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