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4.17. Eastern imperial eagle
Aquila heliaca
Summary
Formerly more abundant and widespread, the
Eastern imperial eagle declined dramatically in
Europe during the 20 th century as a result of persecution,
poisoning and habitat loss. Since the 1990s,
population increases as well as range expansions
have taken place, as a direct result of targeted
conservation efforts. Protection of nesting sites
and habitat management have been effective in
driving the increase in the Eastern imperial eagle
population in the Carpathian Basin.
elsewhere in this report.
Adult birds of the Central European, Balkan
and Anatolian populations are usually resident [5] ,
although some birds move southwards during
winter. Juveniles and immatures are partially
migratory, dispersing in their natal geographic
region (mostly in central Europe), or migrating
various distances southwards up to Anatolia
(mostly from the Balkan), and occasionally
reaching the Middle East or northeast Africa [2, 3, 6–8] .
Table 1.
Global IUCN Red List
status [20] , European
population and SPEC
status [21] and EU
population status [22]
of Eastern imperial
eagle.
Background
General description of the species
The Eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) is a
large bird of prey, which was formerly believed
to comprise two races: adalberti in Iberia and
heliaca in central and eastern Europe and Asia.
However the Spanish imperial eagle (A. adalberti)
is now considered a separate species [1–4] and treated
Scale Status Justification
Global Vulnerable Small global population, and is likely to be
undergoing continuing declines, primarily as
a result of habitat loss and degradation, adult
mortality through persecution and collision with
power lines, nest robbing and prey depletion.
Europe Rare (SPEC 1) Small population size (