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| − | [[Image:greater_spotted_eagle_alok_2.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Adult<br />Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, Rajasthan, [[India]], February-2018]] | + | [[Image:greater_spotted_eagle_alok_2.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Adult<br />Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, Rajasthan, [[India]], February-2018]] |
;[[:Category:Clanga|Clanga]] clanga | ;[[:Category:Clanga|Clanga]] clanga | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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In flight look for a prominent hand with relatively long "finger", including 7th primary, and for underwing coverts darker than underside of flight feathers. On the upperside, there is a pale spot on the base of the primaries and on the base of the tail. <br /> | In flight look for a prominent hand with relatively long "finger", including 7th primary, and for underwing coverts darker than underside of flight feathers. On the upperside, there is a pale spot on the base of the primaries and on the base of the tail. <br /> | ||
On the close up, look for rounded nostril | On the close up, look for rounded nostril | ||
| − | [[Image:Greater Spotted Eagle-flight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|tombac|tombac}}<br />Petcaburi, [[Thailand]], Feb. 2010<br />Notice the barring on the secondaries which [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]] of similar age does not show<br />Click on image to view larger version]] | + | [[Image:Greater Spotted Eagle-flight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo © by {{user|tombac|tombac}}<br />Petcaburi, [[Thailand]], Feb. 2010<br />Notice the barring on the secondaries which [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]] of similar age does not show<br />Click on image to view larger version]] |
====Similar Species==== | ====Similar Species==== | ||
Other eagles, especially [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]] and [[Steppe Eagle]]. | Other eagles, especially [[Lesser Spotted Eagle]] and [[Steppe Eagle]]. | ||
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Undergoes a broad-front migration in September-October and does not concentrate at the major migration stations. Return movement in March-April. Regularly wanders to south-east [[Sweden]], [[Denmark]] and sometimes the [[Netherlands]] in autumn and winter but not seen in [[Britain]] since the early 20th Century. | Undergoes a broad-front migration in September-October and does not concentrate at the major migration stations. Return movement in March-April. Regularly wanders to south-east [[Sweden]], [[Denmark]] and sometimes the [[Netherlands]] in autumn and winter but not seen in [[Britain]] since the early 20th Century. | ||
| − | [[Image:03676 spotted-eagle aquila-anatraia-maggiore-fulvescens.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Fulvescens type<br />Photo by {{user|Saverio+Gatto|Saverio Gatto}}<br />Qurrayat, [[Oman]], November 2013]] | + | [[Image:03676 spotted-eagle aquila-anatraia-maggiore-fulvescens.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Fulvescens type<br />Photo © by {{user|Saverio+Gatto|Saverio Gatto}}<br />Qurrayat, [[Oman]], November 2013]] |
A '''vagrant''' to [[Norway]], west to [[Iberia]], the [[Balearic Islands]] and [[Morocco]], also recorded as a vagrant in [[Sardinia]]. Also winters from [[Iran]] to [[Pakistan]] and throughout most of [[India]] and in South-East Asia south to southern [[Burma]] and [[Thailand]]. A vagrant to [[Malaya]]. | A '''vagrant''' to [[Norway]], west to [[Iberia]], the [[Balearic Islands]] and [[Morocco]], also recorded as a vagrant in [[Sardinia]]. Also winters from [[Iran]] to [[Pakistan]] and throughout most of [[India]] and in South-East Asia south to southern [[Burma]] and [[Thailand]]. A vagrant to [[Malaya]]. | ||
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Breeds in large forests with lakes and swamps, open meadows or heath. Sometimes in more open areas but usually near water. | Breeds in large forests with lakes and swamps, open meadows or heath. Sometimes in more open areas but usually near water. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | [[Image:1568spotted eagle juvsDSCN2182.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]], December 2006]] | + | [[Image:1568spotted eagle juvsDSCN2182.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo © by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]], December 2006]] |
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
They eat a wide variety of small mammals. | They eat a wide variety of small mammals. | ||
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<flashmp3>greater_spotted_eagle_call_alok.mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>greater_spotted_eagle_call_alok.mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media: greater_spotted_eagle_call_alok.mp3|Listen in an external program]]''<br /> | ''[[Media: greater_spotted_eagle_call_alok.mp3|Listen in an external program]]''<br /> | ||
| − | Recording by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br /> | + | Recording © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br /> |
[[Bharatpur Keoladeo National Park|Keoladeo National Park]], [[India]], July-2016 | [[Bharatpur Keoladeo National Park|Keoladeo National Park]], [[India]], July-2016 | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Click images to see larger version | Click images to see larger version | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| − | Image:greater_spotted_eagle_alok.jpg|Under and upper-wing patterns<br /> | + | Image:greater_spotted_eagle_alok.jpg|Under and upper-wing patterns<br />© by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, [[India]], February-2018 |
| − | Image:greater_spotted_eagle_vm.jpg|Sub-adult<br /> | + | Image:greater_spotted_eagle_vm.jpg|Sub-adult<br />© by {{user|vaibhav+mishra|vaibhav mishra}}<br />Kutch, Gujarat, [[India]], Nov-2009 |
| − | Image:greater_spotted_eagle_alok_3.jpg|Fulvescns and dark-phase in flight<br /> | + | Image:greater_spotted_eagle_alok_3.jpg|Fulvescns and dark-phase in flight<br />© by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, [[India]], March-2016 |
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 16:53, 10 August 2019
- Clanga clanga
Identification
59–71 cm (23¼-28 in)
Overall a dark bird, except for the "fulvescens" variant (rare) that has body feathers and coverts pale buff but flight feathers and tail normal.
In flight look for a prominent hand with relatively long "finger", including 7th primary, and for underwing coverts darker than underside of flight feathers. On the upperside, there is a pale spot on the base of the primaries and on the base of the tail.
On the close up, look for rounded nostril
Petcaburi, Thailand, Feb. 2010
Notice the barring on the secondaries which Lesser Spotted Eagle of similar age does not show
Click on image to view larger version
Similar Species
Other eagles, especially Lesser Spotted Eagle and Steppe Eagle.
Distribution
Eurasia and Africa. Breeds from northern European Russia south to Ukraine and east across Asia to the Pacific coast of the Russian Far East and eastern China. In Europe very rare outside Russia but small numbers breed in eastern Poland, northern Romania, Moldova and Belarus. Has bred in Sweden and Finland, Estonia and Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia and Yugoslavia, Israel and Jordan.
Most western birds winter in sub-Saharan Africa but also in northern Greece and Turkey, the Middle East and Egypt. Also occurs in very small numbers in the Po Valley of Italy and southern France, especially the Camargue, in winter. "Tonn" the Estonian satellite-tagged bird has for the past nine years overwintered at El Hondo reserve in Alicante, Spain where in some years he has been accompanied by up to 5 other birds.
Undergoes a broad-front migration in September-October and does not concentrate at the major migration stations. Return movement in March-April. Regularly wanders to south-east Sweden, Denmark and sometimes the Netherlands in autumn and winter but not seen in Britain since the early 20th Century.
A vagrant to Norway, west to Iberia, the Balearic Islands and Morocco, also recorded as a vagrant in Sardinia. Also winters from Iran to Pakistan and throughout most of India and in South-East Asia south to southern Burma and Thailand. A vagrant to Malaya.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species1.
Formerly included in the genus Aquila.
Habitat
Breeds in large forests with lakes and swamps, open meadows or heath. Sometimes in more open areas but usually near water.
Behaviour
Diet
They eat a wide variety of small mammals.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Aquila clanga (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
Call given in flight in the file below. It was circling above the wetland and calling. Healthy population of water fowl attracts large predators to the Keoladeo National Park.
<flashmp3>greater_spotted_eagle_call_alok.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
Recording © by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, India, July-2016
Gallery
Click images to see larger version
Under and upper-wing patterns
© by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India, February-2018
Sub-adult
© by vaibhav mishra
Kutch, Gujarat, India, Nov-2009
Fulvescns and dark-phase in flight
© by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India, March-2016
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Greater Spotted Eagle. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Greater_Spotted_Eagle
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