steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis), eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)

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Subject:	steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis), eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
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steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis), eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)

Aquila nipalensis and heliaca illustration printed using Vittorio Turati's Sincromio process
Date 1895
Source Martorelli, Giacinto (1895) Monografia Illustrata degli Uccelli di Rapina in Italia, Ulrico Hoepli
Author Vittorio Turati
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aquila_Turati.jpg

The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. The steppe eagle breeds from Romania east through the south Russian and Central Asian steppes to Mongolia. The European and Central Asian birds winter in Africa, and the eastern birds in India.

The eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) is a large species of bird of prey that breeds from southeastern Europe to western and central Asia. Most populations are migratory and winter in northeastern Africa and southern and eastern Asia.

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