Greater Spotted Eagle
Introduction
A small, dark eagle that breeds in wet forest in a relatively narrow latitudinal band (45°–64°N) from the Baltic east to China. A handful of records from Britain.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant has not been recorded in the UK for many decades and as such cannot be mapped.
European Distribution Map
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
European movements
EuroBirdPortal uses birdwatcher's records, such as those logged in BirdTrack to map the flows of birds as they arrive and depart Europe. See maps for this species here.
The Eurasian-African Migration Atlas shows movements of individual birds ringed or recovered in Europe. See maps for this species here.
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
- Scientific name: Clanga clanga
- Authority: Pallas, 1811
- BTO 5-letter code: SPOEA
- Euring code number: 2930
Alternate species names
- Catalan: àguila cridanera
- Czech: orel volavý
- Danish: Stor Skrigeørn
- Dutch: Bastaardarend
- Estonian: suur-konnakotkas
- Finnish: kiljukotka
- French: Aigle criard
- German: Schelladler
- Hungarian: fekete sas
- Icelandic: Gjallörn
- Irish: Iolar Breac
- Italian: Aquila anatraia maggiore
- Latvian: videjais erglis
- Lithuanian: didysis erelis reksnys
- Norwegian: Storskrikørn
- Polish: orlik grubodzioby
- Portuguese: águia-malhada
- Slovak: orol hrubozobý
- Slovenian: veliki klinkac
- Spanish: Águila moteada
- Swedish: större skrikörn
Research
Publications (2)
Active European warzone impacts raptor migration
Author: Russell, C., Franco, A., Atkinson, P., Väli, Ü. & Ashton-Butt, A.
Published: 2024
Collaborative research involving BTO has examined the effects of the conflict in Ukraine on the migration of the endangered Greater Spotted Eagle.
20.05.24
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Long-term effects of rewilding on species composition: 22 years of raptor monitoring in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Author: Dombrovski, V.C., Zhurauliou, D.V. & Ashton-Butt, A.
Published: 2022
Researchers from BTO and the scientific department of Belarusian Chernobyl analysed 22 years of raptor population data from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) and identified the impact of reduced human activity on some of Europe’s rarest birds of prey. Their findings demonstrate the power of rewilding for supporting biodiversity, including the conservation of vulnerable species.
19.01.22
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