Facts about this animal The Steppe eagle (A.n. nipalensis) has a
total length from tip of the bill to the tail of 72 to 81 cm,
weigth is 2.4 to 3.9 kg. General appearance is dark brown. Wing
flight feathers are blackis, with primaries being banded. Legs
and cere are yellow. the bill is grey wih a dark tip. Iris is
brown. The second subspecies (A.n. orientalis) is slightly
smaller and paler. The breeding populations move south from
about October, on fairly broad fronts.Western populations pass
both north and south of the Caspian Sea, with main
concentrations crossing into Africa at either end of the Red Sea
after having flown through Israel and Suez or straight across
Arabia to Yemen. Individuals wintering in Africa return from
January-February. Movements of the eastern populations are not
well known, but some almost certainly winter with western
populations in north-east Africa (Ferguson-Lees and Christie
2001). Nests are built on the ground or on trees. |Name
(Scientific)||Aquila nipalensis| |Name (English)|