Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) 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. Taxonomy The booted eagle was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae.
L'Aigle botté (Hieraaetus pennatus) est une espèce d'oiseaux appartenant à la famille des Accipitridae. Sa taille est proche de celle d’une buse variable, autre rapace diurne bien plus commun en Europe. On discerne plusieurs formes (plumage) allant du clair au sombre, indépendantes du sexe des individus.
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Distribution
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