Scientific name: Aquila clanga Pallas, 1811
Bird group: Birds-of-prey
Field characters. Length 65-72 cm; wingspan 158-182 cm. Very similar to Lesser Spotted Eagle but wings slightly larger and broader. In flight with outstretched wings and tips of primaries well-spread; rather short, slightly rounded tail; protruding small head and short neck. Adult rather uniformly sooty brown, except for pale primary patches (smaller and less obvious than in Lesser Spotted Eagle) and pale patch on upper tail-coverts. Below, wing-coverts in typical birds are slightly darker than flight feathers, with single white carpal crescent (two in Lesser Spotted); 7th primary tip long (short in Lesser Spotted); pale yellow base of bill prominent against dark head. Juvenile with rows of many large, whitish spots on upperparts; in flight with two white bars on upper wing; contrast between black coverts and paler greyish flight feathers; single carpal crescent.
Voice. Usual call resembles barking of a small dog: "kyak-kyak-kyak".
Distribution. Rare breeding bird.
Habitat. Favours lowland forests and low mountain forests and usually found near water or in wetlands.
Food. An opportunistic predator and scavenger, feeding on small to medium-sized vertebrates, insects, and carrion. Hunts on the wing or on the ground. May take also reptiles and amphibians.
Eggs. Often uniform, sometimes with a few dark brown blotches or spots, ground colour dull white. Texture rough granular, not glossy. Shape short subelliptical. Size 63 x 51 mm (56-70 x 46-56), weight 88 g.