Bateleur

Terathopius ecaudatus

Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Presence in the Strait: Vagrant
IUCN (global): EN · Endangered
In Spanish: Águila volatinera

Photograph: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA, vía iNaturalist

Length: 55–70 cm
Wingspan: 175 cm

Presence in the Strait

Accidental. A subadult bird observed on three occasions: crossing the Strait in Punta Carnero (Algeciras) on 05.04.12, in the Valle de la Luz (Tarifa) on 08.05.12 and Facinas on 21.05.12. Aguilucho Papialbo

Bioestrecho editorial text. Last revised: 8 September 2026.

Calendar in the Strait

100 %

Peak in April. Observations under CC0 or CC BY licences. The distribution also reflects observation effort.

Where it is seen

Open records from the atlas database, in cells of about 3.6 km. Opacity follows the square root of the count, and also reflects where people observe most.

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First open record: 5 April 2012
Latest record: 5 April 2012

The oldest and the most recent open observation in the extended area. A recent first observation does not mean the species is new: it means nobody had published it openly before.

Conservation

The catalogues, Andalusian and Spanish, are what binds; the Red Book assesses the Spanish population with IUCN criteria, and the global Red List is the context.

LCNTVUENCR

Andalusian Catalogue: Not included
Spanish Catalogue: Not included
Red Book of the Birds of Spain 2021: Outside the Red List (not assessed)
Global Red List (IUCN): EN · Endangered

Andalusian Catalogue: Junta de Andalucía, list of 24 April 2025. Spanish Catalogue: MITECO, table of 30 June 2025. Red Book: SEO/BirdLife, 2021 (Annex I). IUCN: via GBIF, 6 September 2026. Red Book and IUCN categories are assessments; catalogue categories are legal obligations.

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
GBIF taxon key: 2480377

Sources

Distribution and calendar: Bioestrecho's own database, ingested from GBIF and OBIS
Photograph: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA, vía iNaturalist
Taxonomy: GBIF backbone, pending WoRMS for marine taxa
Editorial text: written by Bioestrecho
Last revised: 8 September 2026