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Adult
Photo © by Jugal Tiwari
Kutch, Gujarat, India, February, 2007

Aquila heliaca

Identification

Juvenile
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Nazafgarh Wetland and Marshes, Delhi-Haryana Border, India, January-2019

72–84 cm (28¼-33 in)

Dark brown
White scapular
Gold-cream nape
Tail has grey base

Juvenile

Brown becoming buff
Dark flight feathers

Distribution

Eastern Europe to Central Asia, and Africa.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Mainly open lowland areas with scattered trees or adjacent to patches of woodland, sometimes marshes.

Behaviour

Photo © by tombac
Petchaburi, Thailand, January 2010

Breeding

They nest in trees; the nest is formed from branches, grass and feathers. The clutch consists of 2-3 eggs which is incubated for 45 days.

Diet

Their diet consists of susliks, hamsters, squirrels, rodents, foxes and birds.

Vocalisation

Gallery

Click images to see larger version

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

Wikipedia
BirdLife International

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Eastern Imperial Eagle. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Eastern_Imperial_Eagle

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+[[Image:Imperial Eagle Feb 2007 .jpg|thumb|450px|right|Adult<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Jugal+Tiwari|Jugal Tiwari}}<br />Kutch, Gujarat, [[India]], February, 2007]]
-[[Image:Imperial_Eagle.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by rony_roshtov]]
+;[[:Category:Aquila|Aquila]] heliaca
 ==Identification==
-</i>Imperial Eagle (Eastern Imperial Eagle)
+[[Image:eastern_imperial_eagle_3_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Nazafgarh Wetland and Marshes, Delhi-Haryana Border, [[India]], January-2019]]
-<i>Aquila heliaca</i>
+–84 cm (28¼-33 in)
-<p><b>Range: </b>  Eastern Europe to Central Asia, Africa. A rare breeder in the east of the region with small populations surviving in scattered parts of Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia, northern Greece, Turkey and the Caucasus. A tiny population may still linger on in Cyprus. Also breeds in Moldova, Ukraine and southern Russia east to Central Asia reaching western Sinkiang. The first breeding for the Czech Republic took place in southern Moravia in 1998 and the first Austrian breeding record for nearly two centuries occurred in 1999.
+*Dark brown
-   Birds from the Balkans and Turkey are largely resident but those from further north and east are migratory. Autumn passage takes place in August -October and the return is in late February-April. Small numbers are seen annually at the Bosphorus and at Bor�ka in Turkey in autumn and Eilat in spring. In winter the species is more widespread and found in Greece and Albania, Romania, parts of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq and Israel and in Africa from Egypt south to Tanzania.
+*White scapular
-   Vagrants have been recorded north to Sweden, Finland and Denmark, the Baltic States, Poland (has bred) and Austria (has bred), Germany, Italy and France. In the east a vagrant to Japan.
+*Gold-cream nape
+*Tail has grey base
+'''Juvenile'''
+*Brown becoming buff
+*Dark flight feathers
+==Distribution==
+Eastern [[Europe]] to Central [[Asia]], and [[Africa]].
+==Taxonomy==
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
+==Habitat==
+Mainly open lowland areas with scattered trees or adjacent to patches of woodland, sometimes marshes.
+==Behaviour==
+[[Image:FSF 7171.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|tombac|tombac}}<br />Petchaburi, [[Thailand]], January 2010]]
+====Breeding====
+They nest in trees; the nest is formed from branches, grass and feathers.  The clutch consists of 2-3 eggs which is incubated for 45 days.
+====Diet====
+Their diet consists of susliks, hamsters, squirrels, rodents, foxes and birds.
+====Vocalisation====
+{{ Audio|Aquila heliaca (song).mp3 }}
-<p><b>Habitat: </b>  Mainly open lowland areas with scattered trees or adjacent to patches of woodland, sometimes marshes.
+==Gallery==
-==Bird Song==
+Click images to see larger version
-<flashmp3>Aquila heliaca (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
+<gallery>
-''[[Media:Aquila heliaca (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
+Image:eastern_imperial_eagle_alok_1.JPG|Immature: under-wing<br />&copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, Rajasthan, [[India]], February-2018
+Image:eastern_imperial_eagle_alok_2.JPG|Immature : upper-wing<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, Rajasthan, [[India]], February-2018
+</gallery>
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}
+#Wikipedia
+#BirdLife International
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
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