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A booted eagle is a medium-sized bird of prey found across Europe, Asia, and Africa that hunts small mammals and birds from the sky. It gets its name from the feathered "boots" covering its legs down to its toes, which helps distinguish it from other eagles.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hieraaetus
- Mass
- +975
- Image
- Águila calzada.JPG
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P9714
- Africa
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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.
Taxonomy