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Booted Eagle

Aquila pennata

Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Accipitridae
Presence in the Strait
Seasonal
Abundance
common
Protection in Spain
Special protection (List)
In Spanish
Águila calzada

48% of its open observations in the area are from September.

Photograph: Дмитрий Еременко, CC BY, vía iNaturalist

Length
45–50 cm
Wingspan
110–132 cm
Weight
650–1,050 g
050100150LENGTH45–50 cmWINGSPAN110–132 cmcentimetres

Presence in the Strait

Common summer visitor to forests and grasslands (>32 pairs). Some birds winter at La Janda and the Guadiaro River basin.

Identification

The smallest of the eagles, with a compact and well-proportioned shape. Feathered tarsi. Two morphs: pale and dark phases. The pale morph is commoner, with white underparts, dark primaries and trailing edge of wing; broad buff band across wing-coverts and scapulars contrasts with the dark primaries. The dark phase has dark brown underparts.

Movements

Migrant (>7,500 post. migr.) with peaks in 2nd hf. March and 2nd hf. September.

Ring recoveries

Spain (11) and one adult bird ringed on 21.10.91 on postnuptial migration that was controlled on 4.10.96 in Tetuan (Morocco).

Bioestrecho editorial text. Last revised: 8 September 2026.

Gallery

Photographs from iNaturalist observations with the licence checked file by file. Those marked “Strait” were taken within the area; place and date are those of each observation.