From: Pierre@home.be (Pierre)
Subject: Birds of prey - Part 7 > File 04 of 10 - PO_bop_077_Aigle_botte.jpg (1/1)
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:34:19 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals,alt.binaries.pictures.artpics


Comments
=========
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 > Synonyms: Aquila minuta, Aquila pennata