#1183 · 🐦 birds

Bonelli's Eagle

🇳🇱 Havikarend ·Aquila fasciata

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © algabe1_ · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Udaya Kumar · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ricardo Rodero Henández · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © VivekMalleshappa · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Sangram Patil · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © macquetos · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Attila Steiner · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Bonelli's eagle ( Aquila fasciata ) is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,904iNaturalist observations
weight 2.6 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

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.
2,904 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 2.6 kg.
Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1822 (204 years ago).