Booted Eagle

Hieraaetus pennatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

47 cmLength111 cmWingspan824 gWeight

This relatively small eagle has pale and dark morphs and often flies low, making it conspicuous.

Busiest months: September · Most records: Spain, India, Portugal

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Pale morph: body mostly pale, head and flight feathers darker
Dark morph: medium brown, with dark gray flight feathers

Male, female and young

Female heavier than male: male about 510–770 g, female about 840–1,025 g.

Voice

A sharp “kli-kli-kli”.

Where and when it's recorded

Booted Eagle has been recorded at 1,295 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 98 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Algeciras – Observatorio de AlgarroboSpain12,555 records
Observatorio de CazallaSpain10,195 records
Desembocadura del Guadalhorce – ÁreaSpain2,547 records

More places

PN Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina – CabranosaPortugal2,136 records
GKVK CampusIndia1,804 records
International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE)Israel1,521 records
Bharatpur – Keoladeo Ghana NPIndia1,210 records
Sultanpur National ParkIndia1,175 records
Casares – CastilloSpain1,054 records
Marjal dels Moros – ÁreaSpain1,054 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Spain India Portugal Israel Thailand Nepal Georgia South Africa

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia, wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia, with a small, disjunct breeding population in south-western Africa. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.

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Questions

How big is the Booted Eagle?

The Booted Eagle is about 47 cm long, with a wingspan of 111 cm and weighs around 824 g.

Where does the Booted Eagle live?

Its breeding range: Palearctic: southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa to Central Asia and northern India; also South Africa. It is most often recorded in Spain, India and Portugal.