Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Booted Eagle
The Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) 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 southern Palearctic and sub-Saharan Africa; winters to India and Sri Lanka, and southeastern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hieraaetus pennatus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Booted Eagle
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Falco pennatus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- No type locality given.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.272
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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