LC
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
- - -

Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2021 Least Concern
2016 Least Concern
2013 Least Concern
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern
Species attributes

Migratory status full migrant Forest dependency medium
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 72,300,000 km2 medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) 62,000,000 km2 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size 150000-195000 mature individuals poor suspected 2020
Population trend stable - suspected -
Generation length 7.05 years - - -

Population justification: The European population is estimated at 23,300-30,300 pairs, which equates to 46,600-60,500 mature individuals (BirdLife International in prep.). Europe forms approximately 31% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 150,000-195,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed. The North African population is estimated to be c.10,000 pairs or 20,000 mature individuals (Garrido et al. in prep.).

Trend justification: This species is declining locally owing to forest destruction, human disturbance and persecution and reduction in prey species (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). In Europe and North Africa the population size is estimated to be increasing (BirdLife International in prep.; Garrido et al. in prep.). Overall the population trend is considered stable (Global Raptor Information Network 2021; Orta et al. 2020).


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Afghanistan extant native yes
Albania extant native yes
Algeria extant native
Angola extant native
Armenia extant native yes
Austria extant native yes yes
Azerbaijan extant native yes
Bahrain extant vagrant yes
Bangladesh extant native
Belarus extant native yes
Belgium extant vagrant
Benin extant native
Bhutan extant native yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina extant native yes
Botswana extant native
Bulgaria extant native yes yes
Burkina Faso extant native
Burundi extant native
Cameroon extant native
Central African Republic extant native
Chad extant native
China (mainland) extant native yes
Congo extant native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the extant native
Côte d'Ivoire extant native
Croatia extant native yes
Cyprus extant native
Denmark extant vagrant
Djibouti extant native
Egypt extant native
Eritrea extant native
Eswatini extant native
Ethiopia extant native
Finland extant vagrant
France extant native yes yes
Gambia extant native
Georgia extant native yes yes
Germany extant native yes
Ghana extant native
Gibraltar (to UK) extant native yes yes
Greece extant native yes yes
Hungary extant native yes
India extant native yes
Indonesia extant vagrant
Iran, Islamic Republic of extant native yes yes
Iraq extant native yes yes
Israel extant native
Italy extant native yes
Jordan extant native yes
Kazakhstan extant native yes
Kenya extant native
Kuwait extant native yes
Kyrgyzstan extant native yes
Laos extant vagrant
Lebanon extant native yes yes
Lesotho extant native
Liberia extant vagrant
Libya extant native
Malawi extant native
Malaysia extant native
Mali extant native
Malta extant vagrant
Mauritania extant native
Moldova extant native yes yes
Mongolia extant native yes
Montenegro extant native yes yes
Morocco extant native
Mozambique extant native
Myanmar extant native
Namibia extant native
Nepal extant native yes
Netherlands extant vagrant
Niger extant native
Nigeria extant native
North Macedonia extant native yes
Oman extant native yes yes
Pakistan extant native yes
Palestine extant native yes
Poland extant native yes
Portugal extant native yes yes
Qatar extant vagrant
Romania extant native yes yes
Russia extant native yes
Russia (Asian) extant native yes
Russia (Central Asian) extant native yes
Russia (European) extant native yes
Rwanda extant native
Saudi Arabia extant native yes
Senegal extant native
Serbia extant native yes yes
Seychelles extant vagrant
Sierra Leone extant native
Singapore extant vagrant
Slovakia extant native yes
Slovenia extant native yes
Somalia extant native
South Africa extant native
South Sudan extant native yes
Spain extant native yes yes
Sri Lanka extant native
Sudan extant native
Sweden extant vagrant
Switzerland extant vagrant
Syria extant native yes
Tajikistan extant native yes
Tanzania extant native
Thailand extant native
Togo extant native
Tunisia extant native
Türkiye extant native yes
Turkmenistan extant native yes
Uganda extant native
Ukraine extant native yes
United Arab Emirates extant native yes yes
Uzbekistan extant native yes
Western Sahara extant native
Yemen extant native yes yes
Zambia extant native
Zimbabwe extant native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Armenia Meghri
Azerbaijan Alty Agach area
Bulgaria Byala Reka
Bulgaria Derventski Heights
Bulgaria Ivailovgrad Reservoir
Bulgaria Kamchiyska Mountain
Bulgaria Kotlenska Mountain
Bulgaria Nikopolsko Plateau
Bulgaria Sakar
Bulgaria Strandzha
France Barthes de l'Adour
France Etangs d'Argonne
France Forêt d'Orléans: massifs d'Ingrannes et de Lorris
France Forêt de Chaux
France Gorges de la Dordogne
France Gorges de la Sioule
France Gorges de la Truyère
France Haut Val d'Allier
France Haute Soule : Forêt des Arbailles
France Lac du Der-Chantecoq et étangs latéraux
France Sologne Bourbonnaise
Greece Douskon and Kasidiaris mountains, Delvinaki lakes and Gormou valley
Greece Mount Krousia (Mavrovouni and Dysoro)
Greece Mount Mavrovouni, Larisa
Greece National Park of Dadia - Lefkimi - Soufli forest
Greece South forest complex of Evros prefecture
Kazakhstan Ortau upland massif
Portugal Arraiolos
Portugal Cabeção
Portugal Malcata mountains
Portugal Mourão, Moura e Barrancos
Portugal Portas de Ródão e Vale Mourão
Portugal Serra de Penha Garcia e Campina de Toulões
Portugal South-west coast of Portugal
Portugal Tejo estuary
Portugal Upper River Tejo
Romania Aliman - Adamclisi
Romania Almăjului Mountains - Locvei
Romania Babadag wood
Romania Băneasa - Canaraua Fetei
Romania Dealurile Dorobanţu
Romania Defileul Inferior al Mureşului
Romania Dumbrăveni - Plopeni
Romania Fizes valley
Romania Măcin - Niculiţel
Romania Subcarpaţii Vrancei
Russia (European) Archedinskiye sands
Russia (European) Gorodishchenski forest
Russia (European) Kalitvenski forest
Russia (European) Karaichevski forest
Russia (European) Kundryuchenskiye sands
Russia (European) Migulinskiye sands
Russia (European) Mordovian P. G. Smidovich Nature Reserve
Russia (European) North part of Volgogradski reservoir
Russia (European) Priyeruslanskiye sands
Russia (European) Schuch'i Gori area
Russia (European) Secretevskiye sands
Russia (European) Severo-donetskaya
Russia (European) Shakinski oak forest
Russia (European) Snake hills
Russia (European) Tsninski Forest
Russia (European) Tul'skiye Zaseki forest
Russia (European) Upper Voronezh forest
Russia (European) Ust'-Medveditskaya area
Russia (European) Voronezhski Nature Reserve
Serbia Derdap gorge
Serbia Fruska gora
Spain Alcántara reservoir-Cuatro Lugares
Spain Alcubierre and Sigena mountain ranges
Spain Burete, Cambrón and Espuña mountain ranges
Spain Cabras, Aljibe and Montecoche mountain range
Spain Campo Charro y Tierras de Ledesma
Spain Campo de Argañán
Spain Cazorla and Segura mountain ranges
Spain Central Badajoz mountain ranges
Spain Cerrato high moor
Spain Coria mountain ranges
Spain East Gata mountain range
Spain El Escorial-San Martín de Valdeiglesias
Spain El Rebollar
Spain El Valle, Altaona and Escalona mountains
Spain Gredos and Candelario mountain ranges
Spain Jerez de los Caballeros dehesas
Spain La Demanda mountains
Spain Las Villuercas mountain range
Spain Madrona and Andújar mountain ranges
Spain Malpartida de Cáceres-Arroyo de la Luz
Spain María mountain range-Los Vélez
Spain Montes Universales-Albarracín mountain range
Spain Mountain ranges of Ronda, Bermeja and Crestellina
Spain North and east coasts of Minorca and island of Aire
Spain Plain between Cáceres and Trujillo-Aldea del Cano
Spain Prelittoral mountain ranges of Granada
Spain Puerto Peña reservoir-Valdecaballeros
Spain Ravines and pinewoods in central Minorca
Spain San Pedro mountain range
Spain Sierra de Aracena
Spain Sierra Nevada mountain range
Spain Torrecilla and Gigante mountain ranges
Spain Tramuntana mountains
Spain Trujillo-Torrecillas de la Tiesa
Spain Urbión and Cebollera Mountain Ranges
Spain Zuera mountains
Türkiye Akdağ - Çivril
Türkiye Akseki and İbradı Forests
Türkiye Eastern Black Sea Mountains
Türkiye İlgaz Mountains
Türkiye Kelkit Valley
Türkiye Kızılcahamam Forests
Türkiye Sündiken Mountains
Türkiye Türkmenbaba Mountain
Ukraine Forests in Dnipro and Desna valleys
Ukraine Kremenets'kyj forest
Ukraine Udaj river valley
Ukraine Velykomykhailivskyj forest
Yemen Bab al-Mandab - Mawza

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable Land suitable non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial Plantations suitable breeding
Desert Hot suitable passage
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Dry major resident
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane suitable passage
Forest Temperate suitable resident
Marine Coastal/Supratidal Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands suitable breeding
Shrubland Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation major breeding
Shrubland Subtropical/Tropical Dry suitable resident
Shrubland Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude suitable non-breeding
Shrubland Temperate suitable breeding
Altitude 0 - 3000 m Occasional altitudinal limits  

Threats & impact
Threat (level 1) Threat (level 2) Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Majority (50-90%) Negligible declines Low Impact: 5
Stresses
Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Negligible declines Low Impact: 4
Stresses
Ecosystem degradation
Agriculture & aquaculture Wood & pulp plantations - Agro-industry plantations Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Negligible declines Low Impact: 4
Stresses
Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target) Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Negligible declines Low Impact: 4
Stresses
Species mortality
Biological resource use Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Persecution/control Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Slow, Significant Declines Low Impact: 5
Stresses
Species mortality
Biological resource use Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (large scale) [harvest] Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Slow, Significant Declines Low Impact: 5
Stresses
Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest] Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Negligible declines Low Impact: 4
Stresses
Ecosystem degradation
Energy production & mining Renewable energy Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Negligible declines Low Impact: 4
Stresses
Species mortality
Human intrusions & disturbance Work & other activities Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Negligible declines Low Impact: 4
Stresses
Reduced reproductive success
Natural system modifications Fire & fire suppression - Trend Unknown/Unrecorded Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Slow, Significant Declines Low Impact: 5
Stresses
Ecosystem conversion
Natural system modifications Other ecosystem modifications Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Negligible declines Low Impact: 4
Stresses
Ecosystem degradation
Pollution Agricultural & forestry effluents - Herbicides and pesticides Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Negligible declines Low Impact: 4
Stresses
Reduced reproductive success
Residential & commercial development Housing & urban areas Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Negligible declines Low Impact: 4
Stresses
Ecosystem conversion
Transportation & service corridors Utility & service lines Timing Scope Severity Impact
Ongoing Minority (<50%) Slow, Significant Declines Low Impact: 5
Stresses
Species mortality

Utilisation
Purpose Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/booted-eagle-hieraaetus-pennatus on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.