Lesser Spotted Eagle

About this species

This species has 184,277 occurrence records from 93 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Georgia (13.4%), Israel (9.2%), Zimbabwe (7%), Türkiye (6.3%) and Zambia (5.6%); together they account for 41.5% of the total. In Georgia, this species accounts for 2.4% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Clanga pomarina combines the genus name Clanga with the species epithet pomarina. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Clanga; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Clanga clanga and Clanga hastata.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 46th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 44.8% of the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Accipitridae

• Greater Spotted Eagle
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Bald eagle
• Common Buzzard
• Hen Harrier
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Northern Harrier

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org