Quick Facts
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Conservation Status
Conservation hubFaces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
The steppe eagle faces significant threats from habitat loss, poisoning from agricultural pesticides, and electrocution from power lines. While specific recovery programs are limited, conservation efforts focus on reducing these direct threats and protecting key foraging and breeding sites. Responsible safari tourism can help by raising awareness, supporting local communities that benefit from conservation, and ensuring minimal disturbance to the eagles' habitat.
The steppe eagle is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. The steppe eagle's well-feathered legs illustrate it to be a member of the subfamily Aquilinae, also known as the "Booted eagles". This species was once considered to be closely related to the sedentary tawny eagle and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific. They were split based on pronounced differences in morphology and anatomy; two molecular studies, each based on a very small number of genes, indicate that the species are distinct but disagree over how closely related they are.
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