BOOTED EAGLE
Aquila pennata; (Steph.)

The birds of Europe v.1

Date 1837
Author John Gould
BHL Page URL https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42174275
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The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus, also classified as Aquila pennata) 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.

Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Hieraaetus
Species: Hieraaetus pennatus (Gmelin, 1788)
Synonyms
- Aquila minuta Brehm, 1831
- Aquila pennata Gmelin, 1788