Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) - HBW 2, p. 198
French: Aigle de Bonelli
German: Habichtsadler
Spanish: Aguila azor Perdicera
Taxonomy: Aquila fasciata Vieillot, 1822, Fontainebleau, France, and Sardinia.
Forms superspecies with H. spilogaster, with which has often been considered conspecific. Race renschi may constitute separate species. Two subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fasciatus (Vieillot, 1822) - NW Africa and Iberian Peninsula E through Mediterranean, SW Asia and Arabia to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, and on through N Indochina to S China.
- renschi Stresemann, 1932 - Sumbawa, Timor, Wetar, Luang and probably Flores (Lesser Sunda Is).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult with a fresh kill, a Greater Coucal, the other is standing at 5 meters. Locality Chambal River, Uttar Pradesh, India
Eldert Groenewoud 26 October 2009 2 years ago 37 sec 4.8 -
An adult eating a hen in a tree. Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (ssp fasciatus)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 1 year ago 46 sec 4.7 -
A couple in the crag where they nest Locality Serra de Crevillent, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Juan Sanabria 28 December 2010 40 weeks ago 58 sec 4.3 -
A male and a female Locality Serra de Crevillent, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Juan Sanabria 28 December 2010 40 weeks ago 32 sec 4.3 -
An adult feeding the nestling and looking back. Locality Dodecanese, Greece (ssp fasciatus)
Paschalis Dougalis 9 April 2008 3 years ago 47 sec 4.3 -
A close view of a chick being fed in the nest. Locality Dodecanese, Greece (ssp fasciatus)
Paschalis Dougalis 9 April 2008 3 years ago 46 sec 4.2
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adult in flight
Locality Gamla Nature Reserve, Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 7 February 2008 1 year ago 4.4 -
An adult with a prey on a branch.
Locality Mudumalai National Park, India (ssp fasciatus)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2009 1 year ago 4 -
A bird feeding on a chicken
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp fasciatus)
vasanthan.p.j 10 July 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
Adult feeding 60 day old chick in nest
Locality Andalucia, Spain
Simon Littlejohn 1 May 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
Adult Bonelli's Eagle in nest feeding chick
Locality Andalucia, Spain
Simon Littlejohn 1 May 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
Juvenile
Locality Castelló d'Empúries, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Dani Valverde 1 September 2010 1 year ago 3.4
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Calls in flight of a pair Locality Villargordo del Cabriel, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
(ssp fasciatus)
Carlos Fabregat 9 February 2010 2 years ago 3
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