Listen to the booted eagle
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About the booted eagle
The booted eagle is a bird in the family Accipitridae (order Accipitriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 111 cm and weigh around 709 g.
What does the booted eagle sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as booted eagle. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia, wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia, with a small, disjunct breeding population in south-western Africa. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.
Related birds in the genus Hieraaetus
More from the family Accipitridae
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Eurasian goshawk
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Black kite
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Common buzzard
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Bald eagle
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Eurasian griffon vulture
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Red kite
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Hen harrier
Circus cyaneus
Short-toed snake eagle
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Bonelli's eagle
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Frequently asked questions
What does a booted eagle sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the booted eagle on this page, including its booted eagle. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the booted eagle endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the booted eagle as “least concern”.
What family does the booted eagle belong to?
The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.
Sources & credits
- Booted Eagle by Bubulcus – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q182971 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Booted eagle – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Vicente Zumel – CC BY-SA 3.0