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Species
VulnerableMaximum longevity: 44.5 years (captivity)
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- taxon name
- Aquila adalberti
- Commons category
- Aquila adalberti
- taxon common name
- águia-imperial-ibérica
- wingspan
- 198.5
- litter size
- 3
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- short name
- A. adalberti
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The Spanish imperial eagle, Spanish eagle, Iberian imperial eagle or Adalbert's eagle (Aquila adalberti) is a species of eagle native to the Iberian Peninsula. The binomial commemorates Prince Adalbert of Bavaria. Due to its distinct "epaulettes", old literature often referred to this species as the white-shouldered eagle.
Formerly, the Spanish imperial eagle was considered to be a subspecies of the eastern imperial eagle, then known simply as the imperial eagle, but is now widely recognised as a separate species due to differences in morphology, ecology, and molecular characteristics.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spanish Imperial Eagle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.