#0963 · 🐦 birds

Imperial Eagle

🇳🇱 Keizerarend ·Aquila heliaca

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
2. © Kurilin M S · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Андрей Семенов · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
5. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0
6. © sahdevsinh87 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
8. © Sergey Pisarevskiy · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Илья Сухов · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The eastern imperial eagle ( Aquila heliaca ) is a large species of bird of prey that breeds from southeastern Europe to western and central Asia. Most populations are migratory and winter in northeastern Africa and southern and eastern Asia. The Spanish imperial eagle found in Spain and Portugal, was formerly lumped with this species, the name imperial eagle being used in both circumstances. However, the two are now regarded as separate species due to significant differences in...

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,874iNaturalist observations
weight 3.8 kgadult, up to
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).