The First Record of Cases of Breeding the Greater Spotted Eagle in Old Nests of the Golden Eagle and White-Tailed Eagle in the Altai Kray, Russia

• Published in: Raptors Conservation
• Main Authors: Igor V. Karyakin, Elvira G. Nikolenko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: LLC Sibecocenter 2016
• Subjects: raptors; birds of prey; Greater Spotted Eagle; Aquila clanga; Altai Kray; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Zoology; QL1-991; Accipiter gentilis; Haliaeetus albicilla; Northern Goshawk; White-tailed eagle; Aquila chrysaetos; golden eagle
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2015-31-156-160; https://doaj.org/article/9c15b043b2094fa7ab9cda35fe94a925

The Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) is rarely seen breeding in the nests of the other raptor species. From time to time it breeds in the former nests of medium-size accipitridae like the Black Kite (Milvus migrans), Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo), Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) and Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus). In 2015 we observed two cases of successful breeding of the Greater Spotted Eagle (GSE) in the former nest of White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos).