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Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Aquila

Tawny Eagle

Aquila rapax

IUCN: Vulnerable

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (taweag1) Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Aquila

Subspecies (3)

Aquila rapax belisarius

Morocco and Algeria; southern Arabia and western Africa to northern Kenya
Aquila rapax rapax

southern Kenya and Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola, Namibia, and South Africa
Aquila rapax vindhiana

southeastern Iran, Pakistan, much of India, and southern Nepal

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (taweag1) Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.