ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
THE KITES, BUZZARDS, EAGLES, HAWKS, AND ALLIES
The Spotted Eagle
(A. heliaca), which is distributed from southeastern Europe to central Asia, northern India, and China, is sometimes mistaken for the species just described, but it is a smaller bird, with less difference in size between the sexes, and further the adults may be separated at once by the presence of a more or less conspicuous white patch on the shoulders. It is a rare and occasional visitor to the British Islands, but breeds rather abundantly in the forests of central and southeastern Europe.
In India, Blanford describes it as a sluggish, heavy bird, often seen sitting on trees or sometimes on the ground in open country. During the winter season it throngs the well-wooded and cultivated portions of the plains of continental India, but goes farther north and west to breed. It feeds largely on carrion, although it also kills small mammals, birds, and lizards.
Like the other Eagles it constructs a bulky nest of large sticks, placing it usually in a tree, and lining it with a few green leaves. The eggs, two or three in number, are variable in size and shape, and are pale grayish white and unspotted, or occasionally with purplish brown blotches.
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