One of the 23 eagles on WAnimals
Birds · Accipitriformes · Accipitridae
Eastern Imperial Eagle
Aquila heliaca
Vulnerable
At high risk of extinction in the wild over the medium term.
The eastern imperial eagle, formerly called simply the imperial eagle, is an accipitriform bird of the family Accipitridae distributed across eastern Europe and much of Asia, from where it migrates to South-East Asia and East Africa in winter. There are small isolated populations in the Austrian and Italian Alps and on the island of Cyprus. The Spanish imperial eagle of Spain, Portugal and part of Morocco, long considered a subspecies of the imperial eagle, was recognised in 1996 as a separate species on the strength of significant genetic differences. The two eagles also differ in appearance and in habitual behaviour. For this reason this species is also called the eastern imperial eagle. No subspecies are known.
Weight
2.6 kg – 3.8 kg
Size
68 cm – 90 cm
