By the start of the second half of the 20th century, the Spanish imperial eagle was not only the most imperiled raptor in the Iberian Peninsula but one of the five bird species worldwide at most risk of extinction. But after decades of population shrinkage, the new conservationist spirit abroad in Spain since the 1980s has set the species on a slow but steady recovery path that is distancing it from the danger zone.

The BBVA Foundation and Fundación Amigos del Águila Imperial, Lince Ibérico y Espacios Naturales Privados are now offering the public this volume illustrated with spectacular, never-before-published photographic images, which relates the evolutionary progress of this unique example of Iberian wildlife, discusses the main features of its biology and ecology – particularly its close link with Mediterranean wood and scrubland and its dietary dependence on  wild rabbit – and considers both its conservationist history and the best, most effective measures for its management and conservation.

Its authors bring together the scientific expertise of a biologist and leading authority on the species, and images captured by one of our country’s most reputed wildlife photographers.
This book is a comprehensive guide to the Spanish imperial eagle, which will find interested readers among expert and amateur naturalists, the managers of estates where the species is found, wildlife technicians and nature lovers everywhere.