Spanish imperial eagle

Weight

2.62 kg – 3.87 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

1.77 m – 2.2 msrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

44.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

56 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

woodlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

43 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

2.5 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

4.84 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Generalistsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Partialsrc for Migration

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The spanish imperial eagle is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAccipitriformes
5. familyAccipitridae
6. genusAquila
7. SpeciesAquila adalberti C. L. Brehm, 1861

Synonyms Aquila adalberti major, Aquila adalberti minor, Aquila heliaca adalberti

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Golden eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Accipitridae

EN, Endangered

Steppe eagle

Aquila nipalensis

Accipitridae

VU, Vulnerable

Eastern imperial eagle

Aquila heliaca

Accipitridae

LC, Least Concern

Bonelli's eagle

Aquila fasciata

Accipitridae

VU, Vulnerable

Tawny eagle

Aquila rapax

Accipitridae

LC, Least Concern

Wedge-tailed eagle

Aquila audax

Accipitridae

CompareSpanish imperial eagle vs Golden eagleSpanish imperial eagle vs Steppe eagleSpanish imperial eagle vs Eastern imperial eagleSpanish imperial eagle vs Bonelli's eagle

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@misc{spanish_imperial_eagle_2026,
  title = {Spanish imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spanish-imperial-eagle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}