#1184 · 🐦 birds

Spanish Eagle

🇳🇱 Spaanse Keizerarend ·Aquila adalberti

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Oscar Valencoso - Salomé Planas · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Sol de la Quadra-Salcedo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Ricardo Rodero Henández · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © altayrex · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © fernan85ms · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Martin Costechareire · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Angel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Claudia Komesu · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Spanish imperial eagle ( Aquila adalberti ), also known as the Iberian imperial eagle , Spanish eagle , or Adalbert's eagle , is a threatened species of eagle native to the Iberian Peninsula. The binomial commemorates Prince Adalbert of Bavaria.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,772iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,772 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Christian Ludwig Brehm in 1861 (165 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.