Description:

A small compact eagle, dark brown above with pale scapular patches. Head, body and wing-coverts whitish, brown or rufous, respectively, in pale, dark and rufous morphs. Always shows white shoulder patches, pale median-covert panel, pale wedge on inner primaries, white crescent on uppertail-coverts, and greyish undertail with darker centre and tip.

Distribution:

Common passage migrant and summer visitor to western and northern parts of Gilgit-Baltistan. Occurs in well-wooded country in hills and plains, pine forests, also semi-desert, groves around cultivation and villages, up to 3500m.

Behavior:

Hunts in open or wooded areas; captures prey mainly on ground, stooping from air or after spotting prey from vantage perch; sometimes pair may hunt together. Feeds mostly on small and medium-sized birds, from small passerines to pigeons, gamebirds, domestic fowl and corvids; also mammals, reptiles and some insects.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Booted Eagle in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Booted Eagle

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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