Spanish imperial eagle
aquila adalberti latin

Endangered species that inhabit the range include Spanish Imperial Eagle and the Eurasian wolf.

It closely resembles the Spanish Imperial Eagle, but has far less white to the "shoulder" and it is slightly larger.

Spanish imperial eagles (Aquila adalberti)

Spanish Imperial Eagle (threatened)

A favorite with birdwatchers, the park has the world's largest colony of Black Vulture and Spanish Imperial Eagle.

The park is home to the black vulture and the Spanish Imperial Eagle, and also many small mammals and amphibians.

The Spanish Imperial Eagle nests in trees and feeds largely on rabbits, but also eats birds, reptiles and carrion.

The Spanish imperial eagle and other large birds such as the vulture, the eagle owl, the buzzard, the falcon, the kite are native of these mountains.

The area is also rich in birdlife including birds of prey such as the Spanish Imperial Eagle and the Eurasian Black Vulture.

There is a single case of a Spanish Imperial Eagle attacking and killing a Cinereous Vulture it an act of nest defense in Spain.

The Spanish Imperial Eagle, found in Spain and Portugal, was formerly lumped with this species, the name Imperial Eagle being used in both circumstances.

Donana is noted as an important habitat for about 250 species of birds, and as the home of such endangered species as the pardel lynx and the Spanish imperial eagle.

The dam would flood one of the last remaining strongholds of the European lynx and the Spanish imperial eagle, and disrupt the habitat of black storks and wintering cranes.

Birds in Despeñaperros include the Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti, also known as Adalbert's Eagle) and the Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus).

Also typical are the gallery forests shading the rivers of the range that provide a home to birds such as the Spanish Imperial Eagle, the Cinereous Vulture and the Black Stork.

The Spanish Imperial Eagle and the Iberian Lynx, among others, are now almost extinct because the decline of the rabbit population, which is about 80% of their diets, has caused mass starvation.

Rare wildlife like the Black Stork and Spanish Imperial Eagle occur, while Black, Griffon and Egyptian Vultures, and the Golden Eagle are resident species.

Dehesa is an anthropogenic system that provides not only a variety of foods, but also wildlife habitat for endangered species such as the Iberian lynx and the Spanish Imperial eagle (Joffre 1999; Huntsinger et al. 2004; McGrath,2007).

However, its decline there (caused by the diseases myxomatosis and rabbit calicivirus as well as over-hunting and habitat loss) has caused the decline of its highly dependent predators, the Iberian Lynx and the Spanish Imperial Eagle.

What I did not see, or at least did not recognize, were three of the Donana's rarest and most celebrated birds: the crested coot, the marbled teal and the Spanish imperial eagle, a magnificent predator with white markings and a highly uncertain future.

Among the birds that populate the open Mediterranean forests are two endangered species: the Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) and the Spanish Imperial Eagle (also known as Iberian Imperial Eagle or Adalbert's Eagle, Aquila adalberti).

The Lozoya Valley supports a large black (monk) vulture colony, and one of the last bastions of the Spanish Imperial Eagle in the world is found in the Park Regional del Suroeste in dehesa hills between the Gredos and Guadarrama ranges.

Doñana contains a great variety of ecosystems and shelters wildlife including thousands of European and African migratory birds, fallow deer, Spanish red deer, wild boar, European badger, Egyptian mongoose, and endangered species such as the Spanish Imperial Eagle and Iberian Lynx.

Monfrague is an outstanding site for raptors, with more than 15 regular breeding species, including the world's largest breeding concentration of Eurasian Black Vulture, a large population of Griffon Vulture, and several pairs of Spanish Imperial Eagle, Golden Eagle and Bonelli's Eagle.

As regards fauna, there are many mammals such as deer (red, roe and fallow), wild boar, wild goats, badgers, several mustelidaes, wild cats, foxes, hares, etc.; many species of waterfowl in the reservoirs, and great raptors like the Spanish Imperial Eagle or the Eurasian Black Vulture.

Spanish imperial eagles (Aquila adalberti)

Birds in Despeñaperros include the Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti, also known as Adalbert's Eagle) and the Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus).

Among the birds that populate the open Mediterranean forests are two endangered species: the Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) and the Spanish Imperial Eagle (also known as Iberian Imperial Eagle or Adalbert's Eagle, Aquila adalberti).