Steppe eagle

Description:

This is a large eagle with brown upper parts and blackish flight feathers and tail. Immature birds are less contrasted than adults, but both show a range of variation in plumage colour. The eastern subspecies A. n. nipalensis is larger and darker than the European and Central Asian A. n. orientalis. The call of the steppe eagle sounds like a crow barking, but it is rather a silent bird.

Habitat:

Steppes of Central Europe and Asia. Falconry/raptor flight exhibit. Ooidonk, Belgium.