Steppe eagle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the steppe eagle lives – recorded in 30 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Aquila nipalensis
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	30 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	117 g (birth weight); 2.46 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.99 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the steppe eagle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the steppe eagle in 30 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa.

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 steppe eagle?

Wikidata records the following for the steppe eagle: mass 117 g (birth weight); 2.46 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.99 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the steppe eagle endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the steppe eagle?

The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Aquila. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the steppe eagle

The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. The steppe eagle's well-feathered legs illustrate it to be a member of the subfamily Aquilinae, also known as the "Booted eagles". This species was once considered to be closely related to the sedentary tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific. They were split based on pronounced differences in morphology and anatomy; two molecular studies, each based on a very small number of genes, indicate that the species are distinct but disagree over how closely related they are.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Steppe eagle (revision 1374681801), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q179359 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).