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Greater Spotted Eagle
Clanga clanga · Family Accipitridae
Clanga clanga
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 251,406
- Countries and territories with records
- 104
About this species
This species has 251,406 occurrence records from 104 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (15.4%), Greece (10.4%), Sudan (9.1%), Türkiye (7.6%) and Israel (6%); together they account for 48.5% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.063% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Clanga clanga combines the genus name Clanga with the species epithet clanga. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Clanga; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Clanga pomarina and Clanga hastata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 39th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 61.1% of the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.