Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina) - HBW 2, p. 192
French: Aigle pomarin
German: Schreiadler
Spanish: Aguila Pomerana
Taxonomy: Aquila Pomarina C. L. Brehm, 1831, Pomerania.
Closely related to A. clanga, but specific status undoubted; recently confirmed by morphological and molecular genetic studies; these two sometimes considered to form superspecies. Present species may also be closely related to A. wahlbergi, but more research needed. In past, Indian race, hastata, often regarded as independent species, and its taxonomic status requires further study. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pomarina C. L. Brehm, 1831 - C, E & SE Europe through Turkey and Caucasus to S Caspian lowlands; E limit not well known. Winters in S Africa and perhaps E Africa.
- hastata (Lesson, 1834) - India (mainly N), Bangladesh, and perhaps also N Burma and Pakistan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird waits on a hay hut. Locality Siemianowka, Podlaskie Province, Poland
Helmut Schumann 19 May 2009 3 years ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A bird in flight. Locality Mulli Forest, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp hastata)
Josep del Hoyo 10 December 2009 3 years ago 38 sec 4 -
A bird in flight seen from below. Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp hastata)
Josep del Hoyo 28 February 2011 1 year ago 18 sec 3.7 -
An individual soaring. Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp hastata)
Josep del Hoyo 28 February 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A bird soaring high. Locality Mulli Forest, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp hastata)
Josep del Hoyo 10 December 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 3 -
A bird hovering Locality Bialowieza National Park, Bialowieza Forest, Podlaskie Province, Poland (ssp pomarina)
Eric Roualet 4 June 2008 2 years ago 21 sec 2.8
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in genigar farmland , in flight
Locality Genigar, Israel
Lior Kislev 2 October 2011 1 year ago 4.5 -
at the Agmon
Locality Hula Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 23 October 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
standing
Locality Genigar, Israel
Lior Kislev 2 October 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
at thr Agmon
Locality Hula Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 23 October 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
on the ground
Locality Hula Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 22 October 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
Indian Spotted Eagle (Aquila hastata) first photographic record for Kutch district.
Locality Banni Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp hastata)
Vaibhav Mishra 12 November 2009 2 years ago 4.3
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