Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Clanga pomarina
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks (Accipitridae)
- Order
- Accipitriformes
Overview
The lesser spotted eagle (Clanga pomarina) is a large Eastern European bird of prey. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. The typical eagles are often united with the buteos, sea eagles, and other more heavy-set Accipitridae, but more recently it appears as if they are less distinct from the more slender accipitrine hawks than believed.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds locally in eastern Europe to Caspian lowlands; winters to southern Africa.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Malawi
- Mali
- Malta
- Moldova
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Poland
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Lesser spotted eagle
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
