Michele Mendi

A large brown eagle with a widespread distribution covering North America and Eurasia. In Europe, present in the mountains at southern latitudes, and in wild and wooded landscapes in Scandinavia. Northernmost populations more migratory, especially in Siberia.

Season of assessment

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Population trendIncreasing
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)		19200-25600,22100
Red List categoryLC
Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
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Overall Connectivity for Golden Eagle

Most recoveries come from birds of North Europe, with an overall direction of migration to the South (SE to SW), with similar movements for birds ringed in the Baltic states. The further north the origin, the further south the recovery. In the South region, birds from Iberia, the Alps and southern mountains of Central Europe can move within their local region, though just along few hundred kilometres.

Recoveries by Condition for Golden Eagle

Ring recoveries consist of 80% of live birds identified in the field from their ring, but historically most were dead recoveries, even until 1990.

Annual Movements for Golden Eagle

Recoveries are mainly from the North, in winter, with also another peak of young birds moving in May-June, and at moderate distances, but up to 1500 kilometres. Immatures are not territorial and more prone to move away from the natal area (Weston et al. 2013). Young females are prominent dispersers and show a more eager exploratory behaviour (Soutullo et al. 2006).

Connectivity by Month by Region for Golden Eagle

Birds breeding in the North are in their breeding region from May to August, with first record further South in East Europe in September, then in Central Europe too, from October to March. Birds from East Europe can move to Central Europe at similar dates. Birds from Central Europe are mainly from the Alps and hardly move to more Mediterranean sites in winter.

Frédéric Jiguet

References

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Mapped data*
Total available data
*Mapped data include only distant (>= 50 km) recoveries
References Map
Soutullo, A., Urios, V., Ferrer, M., Peñarrubia, S.G.2006 . Dispersal of Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos during their first year of life. Bird Study 53 Link to Article (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00063650609461441) : 258–264
Weston, E.D., Whitfield, D.P., Travis, J.M. et al.2014 . When do young birds disperse? Tests from studies of golden eagles in Scotland. BMC Ecology 13 Link to Article (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-13-42)

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