Aquila pennatus; Print; The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus; also classified as Aquila pennata) is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia; wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia; with a small; disjunct breeding population in south-western Africa. Like all eagles; it belongs to the family Accipitridae.; 1700-1880