#0966 · 🐦 birds

Greater Spotted Eagle

🇳🇱 Bastaardarend ·Clanga clanga

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Владимир Тарасов · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © vyatka · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © swati kulkarni · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Koshy Koshy · CC BY 4.0
5. © Alexander Naumov · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © yakov_oskanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Koshy Koshy · CC BY 4.0
8. © Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The greater spotted eagle ( Clanga clanga ), occasionally just called the spotted eagle , is a large bird of prey. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. The scientific name clanga is from Ancient Greek κλαγγή , "scream".

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,778iNaturalist observations
weight 110 gadult, 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).