Medium-sized raptor bird (about 51 cm or 20 in) with long, thin wings (wingspan approx 135 cm or 4.5 ft) that facilitate a sleek and agile flight. Booted eagles dress in two different ways (phases). The most frequent is the clear phase. The back is greyish brown while the belly, throat and front half of the wings are white or light cream. The other half of the wings is black. The dark form or phase substitutes the white colour for a dark brown, the more brown tones in the plumage generally dominating. When perched it is characterized by having completely feathered tarsi.
Woodland environment
Forest raptor also present in cleared areas, mosaic landscapes, countryside, pastures, scrub areas, crops and even peri-urban areas. In the woods it usually has its breeding zone and the rest of the areas make up its hunting territories. It is present in holm and cork oak woods, pine woods, forest crops and riversides, from sea level up to 1600 meters high.
Migratory species present in Malaga, especially during the summer season. In the province there are also individuals in passage and some wintering ones. They build a nest in a tree at a height of between 5 and 15 meters (16 to 49 ft) and are loyal to their breeding places year after year. The laying (usually two eggs) is in mid-April and early May. These raptors feed mostly on medium-sized birds (pigeons, partridges, blackbirds, thrushes, jays...), rabbits, other small mammals, reptiles and insects
Present in the forest stages of the Great Path. Easy to observe, for example, in stages 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33 and 34.
Hunters can also be hunted. Eagle-owls are predators of booted eagle chicks and juveniles in those areas where there are plenty of them.
- Arroyo de la Ventilla
- Camino de la Fuenfría
- Cerro Alaminos
- Genal and Guadiaro rivers junction
- GR 249. Stage 01. Málaga - Rincón de la Victoria
- GR 249. Stage 05. Nerja - Frigiliana
- GR 249. Stage 06. Frigiliana - Cómpeta
- GR 249. Stage 07. Cómpeta - Canillas de Aceituno
- GR 249. Stage 08. Canillas de Aceituno - Periana
- GR 249. Stage 12. Villanueva del Rosario - Archidona
- GR 249. Stage 16. Cuevas Bajas - Alameda
- GR 249. Stage 20. Embalses del Guadalhorce - Estación de El Chorro (Álora)
- GR 249. Stage 22. Ardales - El Burgo
- GR 249. Stage 23. El Burgo - Ronda
- GR 249. Stage 24. Ronda - Estación de Benaoján
- GR 249. Stage 25. Estación de Benaoján - Jimera de Líbar
- GR 249. Stage 26. Jimera de Líbar - Benalauría
- GR 249. Stage 27. Benalauría - Genalguacil
- GR 249. Stage 28. Genalguacil - Casares
- GR 249. Stage 29. Casares - Estepona
- GR 249. Stage 31. Marbella - Ojén
- GR 249. Stage 32. Ojén - Mijas
- GR 249. Stage 33. Mijas - Benalmádena
- GR 249. Stage 34. Benalmádena - Alhaurín de la Torre
- GR 249. Stage 35. Alhaurín de la Torre - Málaga
- Llanos de Líbar
- Monte de San Antón (Málaga)
- Montes de Malaga Natural Park
- Mouth of the Guadalhorce Nature Reserve
- Valley of Genal River
- Valley of the Guadalhorce River
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