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Thanks to Igor Karyakin we have now pulications of the Raptors Conservation bulletin. These articles are dedicated to Short-toed Eagles or include mentions of them. The whole collection is divided into two PDFs by geographical regions:

• RAPTORS CONSERVATION. 2005-2008 – Collection of articles with mentions of Short-toed Eagle in Kazakhstan – (Ru)(En) – 4.8 MB.

• RAPTORS CONSERVATION. 2005-2009 – Collection of articles with mentions of Short-toed Eagle in Russia – (Ru)(En) – 14 MB.

Almost every article is bilingual, but some of them have English summary only, such as this one about Short-toed Eagle distribution in Nizhny Novgorod Region /map/:

• Бакка С.В., Киселёва Н.Ю., 2009 – Распространение и численность змееяда в Нижегородской области, Россия [Distribution and number of the Short-Toed Eagle in the N. Novgorod District (Region), Russia] // Пернатые хищники и их охрана – Raptors Conservation, 17. C. 121-124 (Ru).

Some copies of the “L’aquila dei serpenti” book (It) by Francesco Petretti /map/ may be ordered directly from the author: FRANCESCO PETRETTI – VIA RASELLA 155 – 00187 ROMA Italie (pf@short-toed-eagle.net). The book consists of 270 pages, has comprehensive English summaries of each chapter and English captions of tables and figures. It costs 30,00 euros (postage included) and can be paid by a cheque.

• L’aquila dei serpenti. Extracts (En) – by permission of Dr. Petretti we put here the Summaries of some Chapters of the book.

Bibliographical descriptions of Bernard Joubert‘s articles on Short-toed Eagle in the Alauda magazine can be found on the Cat.inist with abstracts (En) :

• 1998 – Données préliminaires sur les Circaètes Jean-le-Blanc Circaetus gallicus de Haute-Loire [Preliminary study on the Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) in the Haute Loire Department /map/]

• 1999 – Trois comportements de circaètes Jean-le-Blanc mâles Circaetus gallicus en période de reproduction [Three behavior of Short-toed Eagle Circaëtus gallicus during breeding period]

• 2002 – Données éthologiques sur la formation du couple chez le Circaète Jean-le-Blanc Circaetus gallicus [Ethological data on pair forming in Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus]

• 2002 – L’aire du Circaète Jean-Le-Blanc Circaetus gallicus : Données éthologiques sur la collecte de matériaux. Place du nid dans la stratégie adaptative de l’espèce [Short-toed eagle Circaetus gallicus nest: ethological data on nest material collection: Importance of nest size and position for the adaptative behaviour of the species]

• 2006 – Données sur la reproduction du circaète jean-le-blanc Circaetus gallicus dans la haute vallée de l’Allier (Haute-Loire, France) [Remarks on breeding Short-toed eagle Circaetus gallicus in the upper allier valley (Haute-Loire, France /map/)]

S.M. Zhyla‘s article about nesting of Short-toed Eagle in the nothern part of the Zhytomir Region (North of Ukraine):

• С.М. Жила, 1999 – Про гніздування змієїда (Circaetus ferox) на півночі Житомирщини // Поліському природному заповіднику – 30 років – Збірник наукових праць, В.1: 89-93. (Uk)
- The summary (En).

Also see below an extract from the work of V.T. Afanas’ev dedicated to ecology of Short-toed Eagle and Booted Eagle in the North of the Sumy Region (north-eastern Ukraine) and in the South of the Bryansk Region (Russia); and just take a look at the map to get a notion about geographical location of both authors’ research regions:

• В.Т. Афанасьев, 1997 – К экологии змееяда и орла-карлика на севере Сумской и юге Брянской областей // Заповідна справа в Україні, 3 (2): 57-59. (Ru)
- The summary (En).

This is just selection of links to miscellaneous texts and abstracts of articles about Short-toed Eagles. So…

Some abstracts can be found on the NCBI website with PubMed database:

• Sacchi P, Soglia D, Maione S, Meneguz G, Campora M, Rasero R, 2004 – A non-invasive test for sex identification in short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) // Mol Cell Probes, Jun 18 (3): 193-6. (En)

• Martin GR, Katzir G, 1999 – Visual fields in Short-toed Eagles, Circaetus gallicus (Accipitridae), and the function of binocularity in birds // Brain Behav Evol, 53 (2): 55-66. (En)

The encyclopaedic compilation of information – (Es) – among other things has extensive ornithological bibliography concerning researching of Short-toed Eagle. The source is a site of the Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles.

Sergey Domashevsky’s article about Short-toed Eagle population of Kiev Region (Ukraine) /map/:

• С.В. Домашевский, 2005 – Распространение, численность и миграции змееяда (Circaetus gallicus) в Киевской области // Заповідна справа в Україні, 11 (1): 45-49. (Ru)

Its summary (En) and illustrations:

Some photos of Kiev Region’s Short-toed Eagles and their breeding places:

And a water-colour painting of flying Short-toed Eagle made by an artist Igor Zemlyanskih: