Booted eagle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the booted eagle lives – recorded in 48 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hieraaetus pennatus
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	48 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	62 g (birth weight); 709 g (male organism, adult weight); 975 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the booted eagle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the booted eagle in 48 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In Belgium it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a booted eagle?

Wikidata records the following for the booted eagle: mass 62 g (birth weight); 709 g (male organism, adult weight); 975 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the booted eagle endangered?

The booted eagle’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the booted eagle?

The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Hieraaetus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the booted eagle

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Booted eagle (revision 1379327379), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q182971 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).