Booted Eagle, Dwergarend, Zwergadler, Águia-calçada, Aguila calzada
Spotted on our property Monte Horizonte in the Alentejo region of Portugal. Booted Eagle sound
The Booted Eagle (Aquila pennata) (formerly Hieraaetus pennatus) is a medium-sized bird of prey. It is about 47 centimeters (18 inches) in length and has a wingspan of 120 cm (almost 4 feet). Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.
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Pale phase Booted Eagle wintering in India, It breeds in southern Europe, North Africa and across Asia. It is migratory, wintering in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This eagle lays 1-2 eggs in a tree or crag nest.
This is a species of wooded, often hilly countryside with some open areas. It hunts small mammals, reptiles and birds.
The Booted is a small eagle, comparable to the Common Buzzard in size though more eagle-like in shape. Males grow to about 700 grams (1.5 lbs) in weight, with females close to 1 kilogram (over 2 lb). There are two relatively distinct plumage forms. Pale birds are mainly light grey with a darker head and flight feathers. The other form has mid-brown plumage with dark grey flight feathers.
The call is a shrill kli-kli-kli.
Recent genetic research resulted in the reclassification of this species to the genus Aquila from Hieraaetus. As it is the type species of Hieraaetus, should any of the hawk-eagles be retained in a distinct genus a new name for that group would be necessary.
Along with the Little Eagle this bird is one of the closest living relatives of the extinct Haast’s Eagle of New Zealand.
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Other synonyms:
Afrikaans: Dwergarend
Asturian: Aigla de les Biesques, Aigla les Biesques
Catalan: Àguila calçada, Àguila serpera
Catalan (Balears): Àguila calçada
Valencian: Àguila serpera
Czech: Orel nejmenší
Danish: Dværgørn
German: Zwergadler
English: Booted Eagle, Booted Hawk Eagle, Booted Hawk-Eagle, European Booted Eagle
Esperanto: Botaglo
Spanish: Aguila Calzada, Águila calzada, Aguililla Calzada, Águililla Calzada
Estonian: kääbuskotkas
Basque: Àguila calçada, Arrano txiki, Arrano txikia
Finnish: Kääpiökotka, Pikkukotka
Faroese: Velbrún ørn
French: Aigle botté, Aigle royal
Galician: Aguia calzada, Àguila calçada
Croatian: Patuljasti orao
Hungarian: Törpesas
Indonesian: Elang Setiwel
Icelandic: Skálmörn
Italian: Aquila minore, Aquila minore eurasiatica
Japanese: himekumataka, Himekuma-taka
Kwangali: Ekangakodi
Latin: Aquila pennata, Aquila pennatus, Hieraaetus pennatus
Lithuanian: Nykétukinis erelis, Nykštukinis erelis
Malay: Helang Junam
Maltese: Ajkla tal-Kalzetti
Dutch: Dwergarend
Norwegian: Dvergørn
Polish: orzelek
Portuguese: águia calçada, Águia-calçada
Romansh: Evla pitschna
Russian: Oryol-karlik
Slovak: malý myšiakovitý, Orol malý, orol myšiakovitý, orol myšiakovitý (orol malý)
Slovenian: mali orel
Albanian: Shqiponja e vogël
Serbian: patuljasti orao
Swedish: Dvärgörn
Swahili: Tai Mabuti
Turkish: Cüce Kartal, Küçük kartal
Birdwatching in the Alentejo region of Portugal