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Danish: Kongeørn Swedish: Kungsörn Norwegian: Kongeørn Icelandic: Gullörn |
Faroese: Kongaørn Greenlandic: ? Finnish: ? German: Steinadler |
French: Aigle royal Spanish: Aguila real Italian: Aguila reale Arabic: Oakab |
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Danish: Kongeørn Swedish: Kungsörn Norwegian: Kongeørn Icelandic: Gullörn |
Faroese: Kongaørn Greenlandic: ? Finnish: ? German: Steinadler |
French: Aigle royal Spanish: Aguila real Italian: Aguila reale Arabic: Oakab |
Easily confused with: White-tailed sea-eagle, steppe-eagle, imperial eagle, rough-legged buzzard.
Range: A. c. chrysaëtos: Europe except: Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Ireland, England, Denmark and the Benelux countries. A. c. canadensis: North America. A. c. homeyeri: Iberian mainland, Northern Africa, the Middle East, Iran, Kaukasus. A. c. daphanea: Turkestan, Manchuria, Southeast China. A. c. kamtschatica: Altai and eastwards. A. c. japonica : Japan and Korea
Population: Increasing or stable populations in its entire breeding range, except Greece, Georgia, Rumania and Bulgaria where populations are decreasing a little. Became almost extinct in the 19th and early 20th century because of shooting and poisoning.
Migration: Generally speaking the old birds don't migrate and the young do.
Habitat: Lives mainly in mountaineous country, but also on cliffs at the coast and in large moist forests.
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