Aheliaca

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Aquila heliaca	Savigny, 1809
Synonym:
Family:	Accitpitridae
Order:	Falconiformes
English:	Imperial eagle
French:	Aigle impérial
Spanish:	Águila imperial oriental
German:	Kaiseradler (There's a German version of this page!)
Norwegian:	Keiserørn (There's a Norwegian version of this page!)
Migration:	intercontinental
	“Mostly migratory. Birds migrate to S Turkey, Iran, Israel, Iraq, Egypt and Arabia, and to Pakistan, India, Laos and Vietnam. Leaves breeding grounds mid-Sept to mid-Oct; in Slovakia and Hungary, adults often seem to remain at or near breeding areas.” From: del Hoyo J, Elliot A, Sargatal J (eds.) (1994), Handbook of the birds of the world. Vol. 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl, p. 195, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
Regions:	East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia

digitized by GROMS, after del Hoyo J, Elliot A, Sargatal J (eds.) (1994), Handbook of the birds of the world. Vol. 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
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“Because of rapid declines in Europe, the imperial eagle's total population is considered to be not more than a few thousand birds (2,500-10,000: Bird Life International 2000). The former lowland species has been pushed to higher altitudes by persecution and habitat loss (del Hoyo et al. 1994). Due to strict protection, Central European populations are starting to increase again, but "although currently stable, the Russian population is predicted to decline in the next three to five years" (Bird Life International 2000). The imperial eagle is considered "Vulnerable" (VU) in the recent Red List (Hilton-Taylor 2000) and is listed in CITES Appendix I and CMS Appendices I & II. An international working group for the imperial eagle was established in 1990 (del Hoyo et al. 1994). A European conservation action plan was published in 1996 (Heredia et al. 1996).”
Riede, K. (2001): Global Register of Migratory Species. Weltregister wandernder Tierarten. Münster (Landwirtschaftsverlag), p. 249

Further detailed information from the GROMS-database

Recommended link(s):

ARKive	Imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca, previously known as A. heliaca heliaca): description, pictures, movies...
www.hawk-conservancy.org
Animal Diversity Web	University of Michigan - Museum of Zoology
Wikipedia
Hungarian Birdwatching	Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) (in English)
BirdLife international
www.birdguides.com
WWGBP	The World Working Group on Birds of Prey – Imperial Eagle Workshop
The European Commission	International Action Plan for the Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)
The European Commission	Discription/distribution map of the Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)
www.ornithologiki.gr	The Hellenic Ornithological Society – Endangered Species: Imperial Eagle (in English)
www.iucnredlist.org	The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species – Species Information: Aquila heliaca
www.imperialeagle.hu	(in English)
bspb.org	BSPB – Imperial Eagle Conservation Programm

Damisela.com	(in Spanish)
Oiseaux.net	(in French)
www.raptor-research.de	Bernd-Ulrich Meyburg, László Haraszthy, Christiane Meyburg & Levente Viszló: "Satellite and ground tracking of a young Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca: Break-up of the family and dispersal" – abstract; Vogelwelt 116: 153-157 (1995)

www.raptor-research.de	list of raptor-papers 1973-1980 (English, German, Spanish, French)
WWGBP	The World Working Group on Birds of Prey – The Study of Raptor Migration in the Old World Using Satellite Telemetry
www.jwildlifedis.org	Survey for Hemoparasites in Imperial Eagles (Aquila heliaca), Steppe Eagles (Aquila nipalensis), and White-tailed Sea Eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) from Kazakhstan (pdf-document)
NCBI	"Organochlorine and heavy metal contamination in the eggs of the Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila (heliaca) adalberti) and accompanying changes in eggshell morphology and chemistry."