Booted Eagle

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Booted Eagle at stays in or beside Madikwe Game Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Booted Eagle is most recorded in Western Cape (70% of records), Northern Cape (13% of records), Eastern Cape (11% of records), based on 949 iNaturalist observations. 1 place to stay on Spekboom in North West has recorded the Booted Eagle on site or nearby.

The Booted Eagle is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Madikwe Game Reserve: Apr-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus, also classified as Aquila pennata) is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia, wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia, with a small, disjunct breeding population in south-western Africa. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.