The
Spanish imperial eagle,
Iberian imperial eagle or
Adalbert's eagle (
Aquila adalberti) is a
threatened species of
eagle that only occurs in central and south-west
Spain, adjacent areas of
Portugal and possibly northern
Morocco, although the latter is disputed. Immature birds during the dispersion period regularly visit Morocco and have even reached Mauritania and Senegal. North of the range they have reached as far as The Netherlands in one occasion. Formerly, the Spanish imperial eagle was considered to be a
subspecies of the
eastern imperial eagle, but is now widely recognised as a separate species due to differences in
morphology,
ecology, and molecular characteristics.