Planet of Birds

Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) Science Article 4 abstract There is anecdotal evidence that this species’s small population is declining, at a rate likely to exceed 10% in three generations, which qualifies it as Vulnerable. It has suffered from extensive habitat loss and persistent persecution. Edited by NJ Collar, AV Andreev, S Chan, MJ Crosby, […]

Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) Science Article 2 abstract The Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) is a globally threatened species. It is included into the Lithuanian Red Data Book as extinct or probably extinct. During fieldwork in 2000n2004 four nonterritorial Greater Spotted Eagles were observed. 261 spotted eagles were described in 161 breeding territories (about […]

Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) Science Article 3 abstract On 24th October 1993, we caught an adult Spotted Eagle north of Taif 1 in Saudi Arabia. Its weight was 1,900 g and its wing-length 53 cm. A 48-g PTT was attached as a backpack with teflon ribbon and sewn with biodegradable cotton thread (plate 98).Transmitter […]

Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) Science Article 1 abstract A study of Greater Spotted Eagles (GSE)(Aquila clanga), was carried out by direct observation from 20 April to 19 August 1997 in the Biebrza National Park in north-east Poland. This study provided information on home range, flight behavior, hunting methods, hunting territory, prey composition, and interaction […]

Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) Science Article 5 abstract Greater and lesser spotted eagles (Aquila clanga, A. pomarina) are two closely related forest eagles overlapping in breeding range in east-central Europe. In recent years a number of mixed pairs have been observed, some of which fledged hybrid young. Here we use mitochondrial (control region) DNA […]