Bonelli's Eagle vs Golden Eagle: How to Tell Them Apart

Bonelli's Eagle

Aquila fasciata

Huge1.9 kgRocky

Voice: Bonelli's eagle is largely silent outside of breeding season and is a somewhat infrequent vocalizer even in the context of breeding. Its calls are less well studied than those of the African hawk-eagle, which although a tropical species, also generally ceases to call outside of the breeding season.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Srivatsan Ramkumar · CC BY 4.0

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Huge4.2 kgGrassland

Voice: While many accipitrids are not known for their strong voices, golden eagles have a particular tendency for silence, even while breeding. That being said, some vocalization has been recorded, usually centering around the nesting period.

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Recorded by Pascal Christe · Begging call, song · Boltigen, Obersimmental, Bern, Switzerland · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Michael Gäbler · CC BY 3.0

Where you might meet both

France Spain India Portugal United Arab Emirates Oman Morocco Nepal Greece China Türkiye Sweden Iran Algeria Jordan Pakistan Egypt Kuwait Tunisia Bhutan Denmark Bulgaria Italy Iraq

And 3 more countries.

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