Booted eagle

This migratory carnivore lives in forest habitat and has a geographic range of 6,138,000 km². It lays a clutch of 2 eggs once a year, incubates them for 36 days, reaches sexual maturity at 2 years and has a lifespan of 12 years.

Weight

705 g – 975 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

1.11 msrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

12 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

36.3 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

2src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

23.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Generalistsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The booted eagle is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAccipitriformes
5. familyAccipitridae
6. genusHieraaetus
7. SpeciesHieraaetus pennatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Aquila gymnopus, Aquila minuta, Aquila pennatus, Butaetes lessonii, Falco bonelli, Falco pennatus, Hieraaetus dubius, Hieraaetus pennatus harterti, Hieraaetus pennatus pennatus, Morphinus albescens, Morphinus dubius, Spizaetus milvoides

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@misc{booted_eagle_2026,
  title = {Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/booted-eagle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}