Mellone, Ugo, Puente, Javier de la, López-López, Pascual, Limiñana, Rubén, Bermejo, Ana, Urios, Vicente
Migration routes and wintering areas of Booted Eagles Aquila pennata breeding in Spain
Bird Study. 2013, 60(3): 1-5. doi:10.1080/00063657.2013.781113
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/40544
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2013.781113
ISSN: 0006-3657 (Print)
Abstract: 
Five Booted Eagles breeding in Spain were tracked by GPS during migration. Autumn routes were generally more eastern than spring routes, showing a typical loop migration. Birds covered on average ca. 200 km/day, and only one individual used a long-term stopover site (for up to 4 weeks). All but one used a single wintering area, located in Sub-Saharan Africa, at 2800–3500 km from their nests. Eagles were forced to stop migration at the Strait of Gibraltar for up to 6 days.
Keywords:Booted Eagles, Aquila pennata, Breeding, Migration routes, Wintering areas
Taylor & Francis
info:eu-repo/semantics/article