Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) Booted eagle
Source: Naumann (Johann Andreas Naumann, 1747-1826) Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas. 3. Aufl. Neubearb. von G. Berg et al. Hrsg. von Carl R. Hennicke. (Naumann, Natural history of the birds of central Europe, 3rd Ed. Revised by G. Berg et al.; Edited by Carl R. Hennicke.) of 1905 or his earlier works.
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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