English: « Aquila punctata » = Aquila rapax vindhiana (Subspecies of Tawny Eagle)
Français : « Aquila punctata » = Aquila rapax vindhiana (Sous-espèce de Aigle ravisseur)
Date between 1830 and 1832
Source Illustrations of Indian Zoology - volume 1
Author Thomas Hardwicke (1755–1835)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aquila_rapax_vindhiana_Hardwicke.jpg

The tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Its heavily feathered legs mark it as a member of the subfamily Aquilinae, also known as booted eagles. Tawny eagles have an extensive but discontinuous breeding range that constitutes much of the African continent as well as the Indian subcontinent, with rare residency in the southern Middle East.

Aquila rapax vindhiana; excluding the Arabian Peninsula, this race likely comprises all the tawny eagles found in Asia, such as in southeastern Iran and the Indian subcontinent. Sometimes A. r. vindhiana is suggested as full species. This subspecies averages darker than either other race and usually is lacking in warmer rufous tone. In general, it is somewhat more similar in hue to the steppe eagle.

Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Aquila
Species: Aquila rapax (Temminck, 1828)
Subspecies: Aquila rapax vindhiana – Franklin, 1831