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Family ACCIPITRIDAE, eagles

Spanish Imperial Eagle, Aquila adalberti

wpe47.jpg (24027 bytes) This species is currently restricted to the Iberian Peninsula, and its global population was reduced to about 30 breeding pairs in 1960. Since 1980 it has much increased, and its population can currently be estimated at 150-160 breeding pairs (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds). This comeback is entirely due to effective protection measures. Recently some birds have also been recorded in Portugal, but there is still no evidence of recent breeding in that country.

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Andalucia

15

20

C

Castilla la Mancha

10

15

C

Castilla y Leon

10

15

C

Extremadura

30

40

C

Madrid

15

20

C

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Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos

wpe48.jpg (26632 bytes) This eagle inhabits a major part of Eurasia, northern Africa and North America. In Europe it has inhabited nearly the whole continent, but in many regions it has disappeared following persecution and in-depth changes in land use practices. In the Iberian Peninsula and Greece this regression is still in progress. In Scotland its population seems to be quite stable. In the Alps a definite increase has been noticed since about 20 years. The total population of the European Union was estimated at 2500 breeding pairs in 1995 (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

North (GB)

1

1

C

Scotland

424

C

Bayern

48

49

C

Aquitaine

6

7

C

Corse

10

15

I

Languedoc-Roussillon

10

15

C

Midi-Pyrénées

3

5

C

Provence/Alpes-Côte d'Azur

60

80

C

Rhône-Alpes

60

C

Abruzzi

20

30

C

Basilicata

20

30

C

Calabria

5

C

Campania

0

2

C

Emilia Romagna

20

30

C

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

20

30

C

Lazio

20

30

C

Liguria

6

C

Lombardia

25

30

C

Marche

20

30

C

Molise

0

2

C

Piemonte

10

100

Sardegna

10

100

C

Sicilia

15

C

Toscana

20

30

C

Trentino-Alto Adige

20

30

C

Umbria

20

30

C

Valle d'Aosta

25

C

Veneto

20

30

C

Andalucia

141

C

Aragon

149

170

C

Asturias

9

11

C

Cantabria

3

5

C

Castilla la Mancha

174

186

C

Castilla y Leon

140

171

C

Cataluña

66

72

C

Comunidad Valenciana

68

C

Extremadura

56

78

C

Galicia

5

C

Madrid

13

C

Murcia

52

56

C

Navarra

33

35

C

Pais Vasco

6

8

C

Rioja

11

15

C

Alentejo

0

1

C

Algarve

0

1

C

Centro

3

5

C

Norte

1

10

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

20

C

Dytiki Ellada

10

C

Dytiki Makedonia

10

25

C

Ionia nisia

1

5

C

Ipeiros

10

20

C

Kentriki Makedonia

8

20

C

Kriti

5

10

C

Notio Aigaio

1

C

Peloponnisos

3

10

C

Sterea Ellada

10

20

C

Thessalia

20

C

Voreio Aigaio

2

3

C

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Spotted Eagle, Aquila clanga

This globally threatened eagle inhabits humid forests and swamp forests from Central Europe to China. It hunts in the swamps and wet meadows and along the adjacent rivers. Its winter quarters are mainly in south-western Asia, from Turkey to Arabia and India, and in north-eastern Africa. Since the beginning of this century it undergoes a constant decline and contraction of its breeding area. Its total European population is estimated at 875 breeding pairs, 800 of which inhabit Russia (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds). It is not breeding in the European Union, but a few birds winter in Greece, Germany, France and Spain.

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Imperial Eagle, Aquila heliaca

wpe49.jpg (23302 bytes) This eagle inhabits open habitats and deciduous or mixed forests in hilly countries from Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula to Pakistan and Mongolia. It is undergoing a strong decrease, and its Greek population – the last of the European Union – amounts to only a few pairs.

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

3

6

I

Dytiki Makedonia

0

3

I

Ipeiros

0

2

I

Kentriki Makedonia

0

3

I

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Lesser Spotted Eagle, Aquila pomarina

wpe4A.jpg (23852 bytes) This eagle has probably inhabited most of the European continent, but it has been extirpated from the western and south-western parts of its range through constant persecution. It breeds currently only in the forests of Central and Eastern Europe, in the Caucasus and Turkey. Its decrease is still in progress in several countries. Its wintering quarters in south-eastern Africa are reached via the Bosporus and Israel. Around 1995 the total European population was estimated at 6700-9500 breeding pairs, about 100 of which were breeding in Germany and 50-80 in Greece (Tucker & Heath).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Brandenburg

15

20

C

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

10

100

C

Sachsen-Anhalt

1

C

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

30

C

Dytiki Ellada

0

3

C

Dytiki Makedonia

10

20

C

Ipeiros

1

5

C

Kentriki Makedonia

15

20

C

Thessalia

10

C

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Bonelli's Eagle, Hieraaetus fasciatus

wpe4B.jpg (25184 bytes) This eagle inhabits the Mediterranean regions of Europe and Africa, southern Asia from Turkey to China and tropical Africa. The birds of Europe are sedentary, and the population of the European Union can be estimated at 800-900 breeding pairs. Everywhere it is declining, mainly through direct persecution, electrocution along power lines and rarefaction of its prey following modernisation of agricultural practices and increasing use of pesticides (Tucker & Heath).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Languedoc-Roussillon

14

C

Provence/Alpes-Côte d'Azur

15

C

Calabria

1

3

C

Sardegna

1

5

C

Sicilia

5

10

C

Andalucia

150

250

C

Aragon

10

50

C

Asturias

1

5

C

Cantabria

1

5

C

Castilla la Mancha

100

150

C

Castilla y Leon

50

100

C

Cataluña

53

70

C

Comunidad Valenciana

110

C

Extremadura

150

200

C

Galicia

1

5

C

Madrid

3

5

C

Murcia

24

C

Navarra

5

C

Pais Vasco

5

10

C

Alentejo

12

C

Algarve

8

C

Centro

8

C

Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

2

C

Norte

20

C

Dytiki Ellada

0

2

C

Ipeiros

1

3

C

Kentriki Makedonia

1

3

C

Kriti

5

10

C

Notio Aigaio

10

15

C

Peloponnisos

5

10

C

Sterea Ellada

1

3

C

Thessalia

1

2

C

Voreio Aigaio

2

5

C

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Booted Eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus

wpe4C.jpg (26184 bytes) This small eagle inhabits a mosaic of forest patches and clearings or open regions with isolated trees from south-western Europe and northern Africa to central Asia. It is wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. The population of the European Union is estimated at 2450-4950 breeding pairs. In France and the Iberian Peninsula it seems fairly stable, but everywhere else it is declining following degradation and loss of habitat (Tucker & Heath).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Aquitaine

60

70

C

Auvergne

25

40

C

Bourgogne

4

10

C

Centre

1

10

Champagne-Ardennes

1

3

Languedoc-Roussillon

1

10

C

Limousin

17

48

C

Lorraine

2

3

C

Midi-Pyrénées

12

120

C

Provence/Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1

10

Andalucia

500

1500

C

Aragon

500

1000

C

Asturias

20

50

C

Baleares

20

50

Cantabria

20

50

C

Castilla la Mancha

300

500

C

Castilla y Leon

500

1000

C

Cataluña

2

5

C

Comunidad Valenciana

30

35

C

Extremadura

1000

2000

C

Galicia

10

20

C

Madrid

51

100

C

Murcia

40

50

C

Navarra

70

C

Pais Vasco

20

50

C

Rioja

50

150

C

Alentejo

60

75

C

Algarve

10

15

C

Centro

20

25

C

Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

25

30

C

Norte

10

15

C

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

30

40

C

Dytiki Makedonia

15

30

C

Ipeiros

10

20

C

Kentriki Makedonia

15

30

C

Sterea Ellada

2

5

C

Thessalia

15

20

C

Voreio Aigaio

5

10

C

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Family PANDIONIDAE, Osprey

Osprey, Pandion haliaetus

wpe4D.jpg (24503 bytes) This species has a nearly world-wide distribution, being only absent from South America. Its European populations are wintering mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, but some birds remain in the Mediterranean region. Currently the total population of the European Union (12 Member States) can be estimated at 270-282 breeding pairs. It has undergone a dramatic decrease at the end of last century and beginning of this century. The species had been extirpated from several countries, including continental France, the British Isles, the Netherlands and Italy. Between 1930 and 1950 its population remained stable, and since 1970 the migratory populations of north-western Europe have increased. The species is consequently back in the British Isles and continental France. The Mediterranean populations, however, are still decreasing. Formerly direct persecution was the main threat to this species, but currently habitat destruction and pollution are more important (Tucker & Heath).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Scotland

72

72

C

Danmark

1

3

C

Brandenburg

45

50

C

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

45

50

C

Sachsen

0

3

C

Sachsen-Anhalt

0

2

C

Centre

1

C

Corse

14

C

Bourgogne

1

C

Baleares

10

12

C

Canarias

4

5

C

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Family FALCONIDAE, falcons

Merlin, Falco columbarius

wpe4E.jpg (24666 bytes) This falcon inhabits moors and fens at high altitude in northern Eurasia and North America. In the British Isles it has a definite preference for heather (Erica) and bracken (Pteridium aquilinum). Its European populations are wintering throughout the continent and reach northern Africa. The breeding population of the European Union (12 Member States), entirely restricted to the British Isles, has undergone a strong decline between 1950 and 1960 following the widespread use of organochlorine pesticides in its winter quarters. Since 1980 it is increasing again, but its future is largely dependent on the management of its habitat for Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus) (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds)

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Donegal

5

10

C

East (IRE)

5

15

C

Mid West

1

10

C

Midlands

1

10

C

North East

5

10

C

North West

5

10

C

South East

5

15

C

South West

1

10

C

West

20

30

C

East Midlands (GB)

10

13

C

North (GB)

65

90

C

North West (GB)

8

10

C

Northern Ireland

20

25

C

Scotland

168

237

C

South West (GB)

1

5

C

Wales

150

C

West Midlands (GB)

1

2

C

Yorkshire and Humberside

35

45

C

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Lanner, Falco biarmicus

wpe4F.jpg (24507 bytes) This falcon inhabits a major part of Africa and Arabia. In Europe its distribution is restricted to Italy and Greece. The total population of the European Union has strongly decreased since 1950, and nowadays not count more than 180-210 breeding pairs today. Direct persecution – as for all raptors – and collecting of fledglings by falconers are the main reasons for this decline, which seems to be still in progress (Tucker & Heath)

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Abruzzi

4

9

C

Basilicata

4

9

C

Calabria

4

9

C

Campania

0

1

C

Emilia Romagna

4

9

C

Lazio

4

9

C

Liguria

0

1

C

Marche

4

9

C

Molise

4

9

C

Puglia

4

9

C

Sicilia

60

C

Toscana

4

9

C

Umbria

4

9

C

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

3

5

C

Dytiki Makedonia

3

5

C

Ipeiros

3

5

C

Kentriki Makedonia

3

5

C

Notio Aigaio

2

5

C

Peloponnisos

1

2

C

Sterea Ellada

1

2

C

Thessalia

2

5

C

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Eleonora's Falcon, Falco eleonorae

wpe50.jpg (24426 bytes) This falcon is breeding in large colonies on rocky islets of the Mediterranean, along the Atlantic coast of Morocco and on the Canary islands. It is wintering in south-eastern Africa and Madagascar. The total population of the European Union is estimated at 3500-4000 breeding pairs, which represents 80-90% of the world population of this species. In some areas an increase has been reported, elsewhere a decrease. The overall trend remains unknown, however (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds, Tucker & Heath).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Sardegna

350

C

Sicilia

150

C

Baleares

370

430

C

Comunidad Valenciana

15

20

C

Attiki

100

250

C

Ionia nisia

10

40

C

Kriti

500

1000

C

Notio Aigaio

2000

C

Sterea Ellada

5

30

C

Thessalia

300

C

Voreio Aigaio

50

200

C

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Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni

wpe51.jpg (26115 bytes) This falcon inhabits a wide area stretching from the Iberian Peninsula to Mongolia, and reaching 55°N in Central Asia. It breeds also in North Africa. Its wintering quarters are in sub-Saharan Africa, from Zimbabwe to Botswana and South Africa. In the European Union its distribution is restricted to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. Its population is currently estimated at 5800-7800 breeding pairs, while in 1980 the Spanish population alone used to be estimated at 20000-50000 pairs (Tucker & Heath). This dramatic decline is mainly linked to intensification of agricultural practices, disappearance of extensive cattle breeding, increasing urbanisation, use of pesticides – in the winter quarters as well as in the breeding areas – and persecution (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Corse

0

1

C

Provence/Alpes-Côte d'Azur

5

10

C

Basilicata

60

200

C

Calabria

60

200

C

Campania

5

10

C

Puglia

25

C

Sardegna

1

5

C

Sicilia

200

C

Andalucia

1800

2100

C

Aragon

125

160

C

Castilla la Mancha

300

400

C

Castilla y Leon

145

160

C

Cataluña

2

C

Comunidad Valenciana

2

5

C

Extremadura

1600

2000

C

Galicia

10

C

Madrid

100

C

Murcia

4

10

C

Navarra

10

C

Alentejo

70

C

Algarve

50

C

Centro

60

C

Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

40

C

Norte

80

C

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

20

50

C

Dytiki Ellada

50

100

C

Dytiki Makedonia

100

200

C

Ipeiros

100

300

C

Kentriki Makedonia

50

80

C

Notio Aigaio

50

100

C

Peloponnisos

30

50

C

Sterea Ellada

50

100

C

Thessalia

200

400

C

Voreio Aigaio

30

100

C

Gibraltar (UK)

15

C

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Peregrine, Falco peregrinus

wpe52.jpg (28579 bytes) This cosmopolitan falcon inhabits open regions and forested regions as well, but for breeding it depends largely on the presence of steep cliffs. Its distribution is consequently very irregular. Southern populations are sedentary, but northern birds are migratory and those of the arctic tundra winter in tropical Africa. The populations of the European Union have undergone a dramatic decline between 1950 and 1960 following chronic poisoning with organochlorine pesticides, and the species has disappeared from many regions. During the last 20 years a comeback has been noticed, and the species has been able to colonise some regions again. In the British Isles the population is now locally even more important than before the crash. The total breeding population of the European Union is estimated at 5000 pairs, but in some areas persecution is still a problem (EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds).

o

NUTS

MIN

MAX

R

Donegal

20

30

C

East (IRE)

10

20

C

Mid West

10

20

C

Midlands

5

10

C

North East

1

5

C

North West

50

100

C

South East

20

40

C

South West

50

80

C

West

50

80

C

North (GB)

100

150

C

North West (GB)

100

150

Northern Ireland

80

120

C

Scotland

400

500

South East (GB)

1

10

South West (GB)

50

100

C

Wales

100

200

C

West Midlands (GB)

20

50

Yorkshire and Humberside

1

10

Région Wallonne

0

1

C

Baden-Württemberg

90

C

Bayern

1

5

C

Brandenburg

1

5

C

Hamburg

1

5

C

Hessen

1

5

C

Niedersachsen

1

5

C

Sachsen

1

5

C

Sachsen-Anhalt

1

5

C

Thüringen

1

5

C

Alsace

10

C

Aquitaine

25

C

Auvergne

75

100

C

Bourgogne

2

5

C

Corse

25

40

C

Franche-Comté

50

C

Languedoc-Roussillon

10

20

C

Limousin

5

7

C

Lorraine

47

C

Midi-Pyrénées

50

100

Provence/Alpes-Côte d'Azur

50

100

C

Rhône-Alpes

50

100

Abruzzi

40

50

C

Basilicata

15

20

C

Calabria

15

20

C

Campania

5

10

C

Emilia Romagna

15

20

C

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

15

20

C

Lazio

15

20

C

Liguria

10

C

Lombardia

3

5

C

Marche

15

20

C

Molise

15

20

C

Piemonte

5

10

C

Puglia

15

20

C

Sardegna

50

C

Sicilia

150

C

Toscana

15

20

C

Trentino-Alto Adige

15

20

C

Umbria

15

20

C

Valle d'Aosta

15

20

C

Veneto

15

20

C

Andalucia

230

250

C

Aragon

200

220

C

Asturias

50

C

Baleares

50

100

Cantabria

50

C

Castilla la Mancha

100

200

C

Castilla y Leon

250

300

C

Cataluña

100

200

C

Comunidad Valenciana

120

C

Extremadura

150

300

C

Galicia

50

C

Madrid

30

C

Murcia

150

170

C

Navarra

70

C

Pais Vasco

50

C

Rioja

40

C

Alentejo

5

20

C

Algarve

5

20

C

Centro

5

20

C

Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

5

20

C

Norte

5

20

C

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

5

10

C

Attiki

2

6

C

Dytiki Ellada

5

10

C

Dytiki Makedonia

3

10

C

Ionia nisia

3

10

C

Ipeiros

3

8

C

Kentriki Makedonia

5

10

C

Kriti

10

30

C

Notio Aigaio

15

40

C

Peloponnisos

5

10

C

Sterea Ellada

10

25

C

Thessalia

10

20

C

Voreio Aigaio

5

15

C

Gibraltar (UK)

5

C

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Last update : 06/10/06