The Iberian Imperial Eagle only breeds in Portugal and Spain, therefore it is endemic of the Iberian Peninsula.
The size of the breeding population is so small that the species is at high extinction risk and could disappear due to disease, or a significant reduction in the population resulting from high mortality and consecutive periods of low productivity and/or inbreeding (due to individuals from the same “genetic lineage” breeding with each other).
Even though this species does not breed in North Africa, the occurrence of juveniles and immature individuals during their dispersal phase is common there.
BirdLife International and NatureServe (2014) Bird Species Distribution Maps of the World. 2013. Aquila adalberti. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4
