Greater Spotted Eagle
Clanga clanga(Pallas, PS, 1811)
English (US) Greater Spotted Eagle
The Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: breeds central Eurasia and southern Asia; winters to Africa, China, and IndochinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Clanga clanga
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Greater Spotted Eagle
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Aquila Clanga
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
- Type locality
- Russia and Siberia.
- Original description
- Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 1 p.351
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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