Distribution of the fasciatus subspecies in Europe

The fasciatus subspecies has a clear circum-Mediterranean distribution in the European continent. It occurs in countries such as Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Croatia, Albania and Bulgaria, with a population constituted by 884-1091 pairs. The main core of this population is located in Spain, with between 650 and 713 pairs, almost 70% of the European population.

Country	Number of breeding pairs	Year of the data	Population evolution
Spain Greece Portugal Turkey France Italy Cyprus Croatia Bulgaria Albania	733-768 85-105 83-96 10-100 28 12-15 10-15 5-10 1-5 0-2	2005 1997 1997 1994 2004 1997 1994 1994 1991 1994	Decreasing Decreasing Decreasing Unknown Stable Decreasing Decreasing Stable Unknown Unknown
TOTAL	964-1.141		Decreasing

In the last few years, the populations of this eagle have declined in most of the European territory, where a 20% of the nesting population has disappeared in the last decade.

Distribution in Spain

In Spain the species is suffering a general decline, although there are important differences among provinces. Since the first exhaustive census in 1986, the eagles have become extinct in 6 provinces, have decreased in 17 and have stabilized or lightly increased in 19, although in the last cases the populations could have been underestimated during the first period.

The reason for this decrease could be an unbalance of the main demographic parameters, mortality and productivity, on account of which it is not possible for the populations to stabilize.

Autonomous Community	Number of breeding pairs (year 2005)
Andalucía Aragón Asturies Cantabria Castilla - La Mancha Castilla - León Catalonia Basque Country Extremadura Galicia Madrid Murcia Navarra País Valencià La Rioja	321-347 31 0 0 85 14-16 65 1 90-97 0 2 22 3 93 6
TOTAL	733-768