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Where does the greater spotted eagle live?

Aquila clanga has 249,212 records in 105 countries and territories, from 1827 to 2026. Most records come from India.

greater spotted eagle
greater spotted eagle — Koshy Koshy / CC BY 2.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeAquila

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
India 38,619
Greece 26,102
Sudan 22,860
Türkiye 19,209
Israel 15,168
Spain 12,630
Egypt 12,575
Ethiopia 8,111
South Sudan 7,922
Sweden 7,824
Ukraine 7,757
United Arab Emirates 7,277
Russia 6,650
France 5,953
Oman 3,996
Georgia 3,853
Romania 3,785
Bulgaria 3,609
Poland 3,299
Belarus 3,166
Kuwait 2,362
Thailand 2,351
Iran 1,762
Denmark 1,667
Latvia 1,590
Germany 1,439
Hong Kong 1,413
Finland 1,334
Netherlands 1,270
Norway 1,115
Moldova 921
China 914
Lithuania 902
Italy 818
Syria 579
Lebanon 570
Malaysia 553
Cambodia 480
Taiwan 447
Saudi Arabia 411

Showing the top 40 of 105 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.